| Petrale sole | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Carangiformes |
| Family: | Pleuronectidae |
| Genus: | Eopsetta |
| Species: | E. jordani
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| Binomial name | |
| Eopsetta jordani (Lockington, 1878)
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| Synonyms | |
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Hippoglossoides jordani Lockington, 1879 | |
The Petrale sole (Eopsetta jordani) is an edible flatfish of the family Pleuronectidae. It is a demersal fish that lives on sandy bottoms, usually in deep water, down to depths of about 550 metres (1,800 ft). Males can grow to 53 centimetres (21 in) in length, females to 70 centimetres (28 in), and they can weigh up to 3.7 kilograms (8.2 lb). Its native habitat is the Eastern Pacific, stretching from the coast of Baja California in the south to the Aleutian Islands in the Bering Sea in the north.[2][3]
Petrale sole is an important commercial fish, caught all along the West Coast of the United States and Canada and into the Bering Sea, almost exclusively by trawler.[3][4][5]
- ^ Munroe, T.A. & Nielsen, J.G. (2017) [errata version of 2010 assessment]. "Eopsetta jordani". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T154977A115257117. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T154977A4681677.en. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
- ^ Ed. Rainer Froese & Daniel Pauly (15 January 2009). "Petrale sole". Fishbase. Retrieved 2009-05-15.
- ^ a b Lai; Haltuch; Punt; Cope (September 2005). "Stock Assessment of Petrale Sole: 2004" (PDF). US National Marine Fisheries Service. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 9, 2009. Retrieved 2009-05-15.
- ^ "Washington - Oregon - California Petrale Sole - northern Stock". FishSource. Sustainable Fisheries Partnership. 2007. Archived from the original on February 23, 2012. Retrieved 2009-05-15.
- ^ "Petrale Sole (Eopsetta jordani)". FishWatch. National Marine Fisheries Service. 14 May 2009. Retrieved 2009-05-15.