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Topic: Does California halibut occur in the Atlantic Ocean?  (Read 1468 times)

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bluestar

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The fish in the following picture looks just like California halibut to me.  But according to the angler they are caught in the Atlantic Ocean. 

Am I misidentifying the fish?  Or do CA halibut occur in Atlantic Ocean?



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I can't see the photo, however...

The answer is No, California halibut don't live in the Atlantic.

But...
California halibut = Paralichthys californicus
Summer flounder (a.k.a. fluke) = Paralichthys dentatus
They in the same genus (sister species) and look almost identical to the untrained eye.   There are a couple other species of Paralichthys on the East Coast, but the summer flounder is the most likely. 

Summer flounder are quite a bit smaller than California flounder, with 20 lb summer flounder being enough for most state records.  I think the world record is 22 lbs something.  The California halibut record is almost 60 lbs.

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bluestar

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Oops I think that site detects outside traffic and automatically protects itself.

Here is the pic.  The angler calls it a "flounder" but my impression is flounder is very thin, unlike the fish in the pic.



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Flounder can get pretty big and chunky...and are all over the south and east coasts...Of course, the name flounder may be applied to several different species, but Brian would probably be the best to talk about that...

Here is a pic of some nice examples of flounder taken inshore Louisiana by my buddy Sonny Schindler and his company ShoreThing Charters.

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