Marine

Alaska plaice

Pleuronectes quadrituberculatus

The ocellar bony ridge of the Alaska plaice is divided into 4-8 bony tubercles and forms …

American plaice

Hippoglossoides platessoides

It has a slender body and a large mouth. The ocular side is covered with ctenoid …

Arctic flounder

Liopsetta glacialis

It is a right eyed flounder. It is characterized by the presence of both eyes on …

Bering flounder

Hippoglossoides robustus

The mouth is large. The teeth on each jaw are arranged in a single row. The …

Common dab

Limanda limanda

A distinctive feature of the common dab is the lateral line with a curve above the …

European Flounder

Platichthys flesus

The body is flattened. Both eyes are on the same upper side of the body. In …

European plaice

Pleuronectes platessa

The adult body shape is oval, with the body strongly compressed in the dorsoventral direction. The …

Flathead flounder

Hippoglossoides dubious

Body moderately tall, strongly compressed laterally, covered with ctenoid scales on the ocular side and cycloid …

Flounder, Winter

Pseudopleuronectes americanus

The body is oval and flat with a tiny mouth. The color varies from reddish-brown to …

Halibut, Atlantic

Hippoglossus hippoglossus

The body is elongated broad, somewhat flattened, oval, bordered by long dorsal and anal fins. Head …

Halibut, Pacific

Hippoglossus stenolepis

Halibut are usually dextral, meaning both eyes are on the right side of the head. Its …

Longhead dab

Limanda proboscidea

The lateral line forms a high arch above the base of the pectoral fin. The pectoral …

Pacific Dover sole

Microstomus pacificus

The body of the Pacific Dover sole is soft, flaccid with small scales and very slippery …

Sakhalin sole

Limanda sakhalinensis

The body of the Sakhalin sole is elongated and oval-shaped. It has a small mouth and …

Sole, Petrale

Eopsetta jordani

Body of petrale sole elongated, moderately slender and compressed. Eyes large, color of eyes uniformly dark …

Speckled flounder

Limanda punctatissima

The speckled flounder has a strongly compressed, oval body typical of flatfishes. Its most distinctive feature …

Willowy flounder

Tanakius kitaharae

Body ellipsoidal, strongly compressed. The mouth is small, the upper jaw reaching the anterior margin of …

Yellowfin sole

Limanda aspera

Body large and broad, mouth small. The lateral line is strongly curved above the pectoral fins. …