Yellowtail Flounder Question

[angler229]

Lemonsole is an x-large winter flounder.
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[beamie]

Originally Posted by angler229

Lemonsole is an x-large winter flounder.
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Can't be that simple. What I call lemonsoles have the 1/2" yellow ring all the way around the white underside......no matter the size.

[angler229]

Maybe something different than, but I can gaurantee x-large winter flounder are called lemonsoles I see them everyday in the fish houses.

[MakoMike]

That's the problem with common names, they are often applied to different species. This is a "real" lemon sole.

[beamie]

MM,

That is not what comes to mind when I am thinking of what I am thinking about. That shape is really different.

The flounders with the yellow around the edges have the same shape as winter flounder. Angler do the big WF you call LS do they have that yellow color?

Anyway, I am still confused now. Maybe what I am thinking about is just a winter flounder and a small percentage have the yellow ring??

[JackK]

Maybe an American plaice? They have some yellow underneath as well sometimes... Or maybe a sand dab (windowpane), but those are pretty distinctive....

Winters sometimes get yellow on the belly, but I don't think I've seen one that's yellow all the way around it? Yellowtails pretty much always have some yellow on the ventral side of the peduncle.. But can't say I've ever noticed a defined ring of color.

And interestingly enough, the lemon sole I've heard of (Microstomus kitt) doesn't look anything like the one MM posted... But those are overseas. They look almost identical to winter flounder, but have a narrow tail rather than a wide one. His looks like a Dover... But I don't know for sure.

All the HW I can do says that lemon sole is just another common name for winter flounder. Go figure.