dab

Small marine flatfish of the flounder family, especially the genus Limanda. Dabs live in the North Atlantic and around the coasts of Britain and Scandinavia.

Species include L. limanda which grows to about 40 cm/16 in, and the American dab L. proboscida, which grows to 30 cm/12 in. Both have both eyes on the right side of their bodies. The left, or blind, side is white, while the rough-scaled right side is light-brown or grey, with dark-brown spots.