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Yellowfin Sole

Limanda aspera

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 406, February 300, March 470, April 740, May 1,067, June 1,163, July 1,245, August 1,070, September 786, October 587, November 321, December 250.
United States8,415
Alaska8,404
Canada358
British Columbia336
New Brunswick15
Maine7
Quebec7
Washington4
Russia1
Magadan Oblast1

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • AquaticLives primarily in waterFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassRay-finned Fishes · Actinopterygii
OrderJacks, Flounders, Barracudas, and Allies · Carangiformes
FamilyRighteye Flounders · Pleuronectidae
GenusDabs · Limanda

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Yellowfin Sole with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.