Limanda

Classification

Genus: Limanda
Family: Pleuronectidae - Righteye flounders
Order: Pleuronectiformes - Flatfishes
Class: Teleostei - Ray-finned fishes
Superclass: Osteichthyes - Bony fishes

Description

Limanda is a genus of righteye flounders native to the northern Atlantic and Pacific oceans.

There are currently six recognized species in this genus:

Limanda aspera (Pallas, 1814) (Yellowfin sole)
Limanda ferruginea (D. H. Storer (fr), 1839) (Yellowtail flounder)
Limanda limanda (Linnaeus, 1758) (Common dab)
Limanda proboscidea C. H. Gilbert, 1896 (Longhead dab)
Limanda punctatissima (Steindachner, 1879) (Speckled flounder)
Limanda sakhalinensis C. L. Hubbs, 1915 (Sakhalin sole)

Species

Common dab
(Limanda limanda)

Yellowfin sole
(Limanda aspera)

Sakhalin sole
(Limanda sakhalinensis)

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