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Class: Teleostei
Order: Pleuronectiformes
Family: Pleuronectidae Righteye flounders
Subfamily: Pleuronectinae
Genus: Limanda

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Photo by Archipelago Marine Research Ltd.

North Pacific
Max. Length 49 cm TL
Limanda aspera (Pallas, 1814)

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Limanda aspera
[Yellowfin sole]

Photo by Zauke, G.P.

Northeast Atlantic
Max. Length 40 cm SL
Limanda limanda (Linnaeus, 1758)

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Limanda limanda
[Common dab]

Photo by Miller, T.

Northwest Pacific.
Max. Length 36 cm TL
Limanda sakhalinensis Hubbs, 1915

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Limanda sakhalinensis
[Sakhalin sole]


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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Limanda aspera Yellowfin sole North Pacific 49 TL 1814
Limanda limanda Common dab Northeast Atlantic 40 SL 1758
Limanda sakhalinensis Sakhalin sole Northwest Pacific. 36 TL 1915



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