Limanda

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Kingdom Animalia Family Pleuronectidae Phylum Chordata Rank Genus		Order Pleuronectiformes Scientific name Limanda Higher classification Pleuronectini

Lower classifications Common dab, Yellowfin sole

Identifying dab limanda limanda

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)

Limanda sakhalinensis C. L. Hubbs, 1915 (Sakhalin sole)

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