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Family Pleuronectidae — Righteye Flounders
*Acanthopsetta nadeshnyi Schmidt, 1904. Scalyeye Plaice. To 46 cm (18.1 in) TL (Fadeev 1987). Japan Sea off
Korean Peninsula to southern Okhotsk Sea and Pacific Ocean off Hokkaido to western Bering Sea off Cape
Navarin (Lindberg and Fedorov 1993). Benthic, at depths of 29–900 m (95–2,953 ft), probably to 1,000–
1,200 m (3,281–3,937 ft; Kim Sen Tok et al. 1999). Additional citations in Mecklenburg et al. (2002).
Atheresthes evermanni Jordan & Starks, 1904. Asiatic Arrowtooth or Kamchatka Flounder. To 110 cm (44 in)
TL (Mecklenburg et al. 2002). Sea of Okhotsk and northern Sea of Japan to Gulf of Anadyr, western Bering
Sea (Lindberg and Fedorov 1992) to eastern Bering Sea, Aleutian Islands, and southwestern Gulf of Alaska
(Zimmerman and Goddard 1996). Benthic, at depths of 25–1,200 m (83–3,960 ft; Mecklenburg et al. 2002).
Atheresthes stomias (Jordan & Gilbert, 1880). Arrowtooth Flounder. To 86 cm (34 in) TL (Kramer et al.
1995). Commander Islands and east coast of Kamchatka to Cape Navarin, Bering Sea to Aleutian Islands
and Gulf of Alaska (Mecklenburg et al. 2002) to Santa Barbara, southern California (LACM 38362.001).
San Pedro record of Miller and Lea (1972) is a mistakenly identified Lyopsetta exilis (Allen and Smith
1988). Benthic, at depths of 9–1,145 m (29–3,756 ft) (min.: Levings 1973; max.: Ramsey et al. 2002).
Clidoderma asperrimum (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846). Roughscale Sole. To 62 cm (24.4 in) TL (Tokranov
and Orlov 2003). Yellow Sea off Korean Peninsula, Japan Sea, and Okhotsk Sea to Commander Islands
(Lindberg and Fedorov 1993), Bering Sea, and Aleutian Islands (Lea et al 1989, Mecklenburg et al. 2002)
to off Half Moon Bay, central California (37°30'N, 123°00'W; SIO 95-23); except no records for Gulf
of Alaska to southern British Columbia (Mecklenburg et al. 2002). Benthic, at depths of 15–1,900 m
(50–6,233 ft; Lindberg and Fedorov 1993).
Embassichthys bathybius (Gilbert, 1890). Deepsea Sole. To 52 cm (20.5 in) TL (Mecklenburg et al. 2002).
Hokkaido, Japan (Sakamoto in Masuda et al. 1984) to Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands (Mecklenburg et
al. 2002) to northern Baja California (32°38'N, 119°24'W; LACM 37464.001). Benthic, at depths of 91–
1,433 m (300–4,700 ft) (min.: UW 18139; max.: Miller and Lea 1972); individuals taken at the shallower
depths in the range typically are juveniles.
Eopsetta jordani (Lockington, 1879). Brill or Petrale Sole. To 70 cm (27.5 in) TL (Clemens and Wilby 1961).
Aleutian Islands west at least as far as Unalaska Island, and Gulf of Alaska (Mecklenburg et al. 2002)
to Islas Coronados, northern Baja California (Miller and Lea 1972). Benthic, at depths of 0–550 m
(0–1,800 ft; Hart 1973).
Glyptocephalus stelleri (Schmidt, 1904). Far-Eastern Long Flounder, Korean Flounder, or Small-mouth
Plaice. To 53 cm (20.9 in) SL (Kim Sen Tok et al. 1999), 60 cm (24 in) TL (Kramer et al. 1995). Japan
and Okhotsk seas to Kuril Islands and southern Kamchatka; one record from Bering Sea in vicinity
of Pribilof Islands (Lindberg and Fedorov 1993). Benthic, at depths of about 5–1,600 m (16–5,250 ft;
Lindberg and Fedorov 1993), with greatest densities in winter below 700 m (2,300 ft; Kim Sen Tok et al.
1999). Additional citations in Mecklenburg et al. (2002).
Glyptocephalus zachirus Lockington, 1879. Longfin Sole, Rex Sole, or Witch Sole. To 61 cm (24 in) TL (Kramer
et al. 1995). Northern Kuril Islands (Orlov et al. 2002) to Commander Islands and western Bering Sea
to Navarin Canyon, and Aleutian Islands, eastern Bering Sea, and Gulf of Alaska (Mecklenburg et al.
2002) to Isla Cedros, central Baja California (Allen and Smith 1988). Benthic, at depths of 0–1,145 m
(0–3,756 ft) (min.: Kramer et al. 1995; max.: Ramsey et al. 2002). Recently as Errex zachirus.
Hippoglossoides elassodon Jordan & Gilbert, 1880. Cigarette Paper, Flathead Sole, or Paper Sole. To 56 cm
(22 in) TL (Fadeev 1987). Okhotsk Sea off southwestern Kamchatka and northern Kuril Islands (B. A.
Sheiko, pers. comm. to C. W. M.) to Gulf of Anadyr, Bering Sea and Commander–Aleutian chain to
Monterey, central California (Allen and Smith 1988). Benthic, from intertidal zone (Kussakin et al.
1997) to depth of 1,050 m (3,445 ft; Allen and Smith 1988).
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