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Old November 8th, 2005, 01:32 PM
Mike Connor
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Default How many species?


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I suppose they're similar to the Pacific sand dab:

http://hmsc.oregonstate.edu/odfw/fin...acsanddab.html

They're delicious:

http://www.ochef.com/404.htm

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Well, they are similar to the extent that they are flatfish, and delicious,
but the North Sea dab is Limanda limanda
http://www.fishbase.org/images/thumb...n_Lilim_u0.jpg

The pacific sand dab is Citharichthys sordidus
http://www.fishbase.org/images/thumb...n_Cisor_u0.jpg

It seems there is a whole host of fish known as dabs

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