Flat fish identity?

[uvox]

Girls,

is this a dab or a flounder or something else? Caught near courtown over the weekend (viewtopic.php?f=3&t=18894)...

All help appreciated.

[lampoon]

Looks like a dab! jaysus you must have a big family to feed!

[eric]

defo a flounder, we get a lot of pale flounder like that over he wexford beaches with the pinky fins

[Ronald]

possibly a dab ,looks like the colours have faded a bit ,was it out of the water for long ? the spots around the flesh at the edge of the fins look very regular like they would on the body of a dab ,but the lateral line doesn't look curved enough over the pectoral fin .

[uvox]

out of water for a few hours. are dabs smooth to touch? this one was....

[petekd]

Dabs are rough all over if stroked from tail to head, looks like a flounder to me mate, slightly rough along the lateral line, smooth elsewhere.

[fishermannum1]

would say flounder!!!

[uvox]

i'm thinking flounder too. it just didn't have the "transparency" of a dab...

[mickeyfish]

How white was his belly?
typically dabs would have an off white belly were the flounders is as white as snow (it uses daz)

mick

[uvox]

can't recall to be honest, but i will remember that tip.

[gearoid mc s.]

defo a flounder...large head and no curve on the lateral line...they generally have quite large tails compared to dab aswel

[donal domeney]

DAB

Go up to your Menu Bar and click on Page. In the drop-down menu click on Zoom then on 400% this will give a clear picture showing the rough skin of a dab.

[Rampent Wreckfish]

Lads I really cant see where the debate is here.
Its a FLOUNDER .
No Doubts.

[JOHN LYNCH]

Have to agree with JP and Gearoid. We get a sh*t load of dab up our way most of the year and that don't look like any dab I've ever seen. Easiest way of telling a Dab is the pronounced curve in the lateral line above the pectoral fin. see below.

http://aquanic.org/images/photos/ingvar/Dab.gif

[eyesreilly]

I would say flounder as i cant see the pronounced curve in the lateral line as in pic of dab below.

[Pat]

Now to throw the cat amongst the pigeons ...how do you tell a flounder and plaice apart?

[eyesreilly]

Plaice have orange spots and Flounder have,,,,,,,,er,,,,,orange spots sometimes Dont worry ,,,just post your pic on the site here and if its not what you think it is youll soon find out.

[eric]

im not being funny lads, but these questions on flats come up every week, its not that hard to spot the difference

dabs- usually beige in colour sometime with minor alterations, mimics sand grains, has rough skin throughout the body when felt from tail to head. the lateral line takes a sharp semicircle turn at the pectoral fin, underside is transparent white

flounder- smooth skin throughout, a ridge of nodules run along the lateral kine to the head, coloration varies dependent upon the habitat, underside is bright white

plaice- pronounced orange/yellow spots throughout, often apparent on the underside of the fish's fins, underside is like the dab, transparent white but with a pearly tinge. small globules surround the lateral line around the head, the rest of the body is smooth

[stevecrow74]

Lads I really cant see where the debate is here.
Its a FLOUNDER .
No Doubts.

for once we agree on something


definitely a flounder... shape colour and lateral line = FLOUNDER

[uvox]

Yeah, I'm sure it's a flounder too now. To be honest it was the color that threw us first - very very pale with orangey spots. But then you can get almost white ones too, right?

Btw - Plaice also have a more diamond shape than the other two.