How to Use flatfish in a Sentence

flatfish

noun
  • Local flatfish, such as sole, sand dabs and flounder, tend to be lean and are more difficult.
    — SFChronicle.com, 27 Sep. 2020
  • From the family of right-eyed flounders, halibut is the largest type of flatfish and often weighs hundreds of pounds.
    — Jeanmarie Brownson, charlotteobserver, 5 Oct. 2017
  • Fishing continued for cod, flatfish, pollock and more in the Bering Sea.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 9 Aug. 2021
  • Live mullet or killifish are by far the best bait but a jig tipped with shrimp and worked slowly along bottom also catches some of these tasty flatfish.
    — Frank Sargeant, al, 15 Nov. 2019
  • Alain Hamel is credited with catching the giant flatfish, which was pulled through the ice after a two-and-a-half hour battle.
    — Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 5 Feb. 2026
  • The closure during the heart of the fall flounder run will have a negative economic impact on guides who depend on the flatfish for income.
    — Matt Wyatt, ExpressNews.com, 23 May 2020
  • By comparing these sequences to those of other fish, Little found that the billfishes’ closest kin are the flatfish and jacks.
    — Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 18 Aug. 2010
  • An additional bone, found only in flatfish, develops right under the migrating eye, giving them that goofy asymmetrical look.
    — National Geographic, 13 Aug. 2016
  • The reds and flatfish are already in the spillways and diversion, Carter said, but the trout don’t typically show up until early October.
    — Todd Masson, NOLA.com, 24 Aug. 2017
  • Fisheries also are still underway for Alaska pollock, flatfish, scallops and much more in both regions, along with a food and bait herring fishery near Dutch Harbor.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 18 Aug. 2020
  • However, other kinds of flatfish were not significantly impacted.
    — Jennifer Ball, Discover Magazine, 1 Apr. 2022
  • Within a population of Senegalese sole, a typically non-aggressive flatfish, for instance, researchers observed dominant behaviors more often in areas where territory or resources were scarce.
    — Sarah Jay, Discover Magazine, 31 Jan. 2022
  • Respect for classic California comes in a crab Louie salad arranged over half an avocado and, most wonderfully, a plate of delicate, fileted sand dabs — a Pacific flatfish that should be on more menus — nudged with lemon juice and capers.
    — Bill Addison, latimes.com, 13 June 2019

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