arrowtooth flounder
Arrowtooth Flounder (credit AFSC)

 

This page lists commercially exploited flatfish of the Pacific Coast of North America. Members of this group of food fish are known commonly as halibut, turbot, sole, flounder, dab, and other names.

Arrowtooth Flounder (Atheresthes stomias)
Butter Sole (Isopsetta isolepis)
California Halibut (Paralichthys californicus)
C-O Sole (Pleuronichthys coenosus)
Curlfin Sole (Pleuronichthys decurrens)
Dover Sole (Microstomus pacificus)
English Sole (Parophrys vetulus)
Flathead Sole (Hippoglossoides elassodon)
Greenland Turbot (Reinhardtius hippoglossoides)
Northern Rock Sole (Lepidopsetta polyxystra)
Pacific Halibut (Hippoglossus stenolepis)
Pacific Sanddab (Citharichthys sordidus)
Petrale Sole (Eopsetta jordani)
Rex Sole (Glyptocephalus zachirus)
Rock Sole (Lepidopsetta bilineata)
Sand Sole (Psettichthys melanostictus)
Slender Sole (Lyopsetta exilis)
Southern Rock Sole (Lepidopsetta bilineata)
Starry Flounder (Platichthys stellatus)
Yellowfin Sole (Limanda aspera)

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