Longfin sanddab
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The longfin sanddab is a species of flatfish
Flatfish
The flatfish are an order of ray-finned fish, also called the Heterosomata, sometimes classified as a suborder of Perciformes. In many species, both eyes lie on one side of the head, one or the other migrating through and around the head during development...

 in the large-tooth flounder family Paralichthyidae
Paralichthyidae
Large-tooth flounders are a family, Paralichthyidae, of flounders. They lie on the sea bed on their right side; both eyes are on the left side of the head, while the Pleuronectidae are the opposite with their eyes on the right side....

. It is native to the eastern Pacific Ocean
Pacific Ocean
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, in subtropical waters ranging from Monterey Bay
Monterey Bay
Monterey Bay is a bay of the Pacific Ocean, along the central coast of California. The bay is south of San Francisco and San Jose, between the cities of Santa Cruz and Monterey....

, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...

 in the north, to Costa Rica
Costa Rica
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 in the south. It is a demersal marine fish, and can be found on the soft bottoms of coastal waters at depths between 2 and 201 m (6.6 and 659.4 ft).

Like the rest of the large-tooth flounders, it has both eyes on the left side of its head. It grows to a maximum length of 25 centimetres (9.8 in). It is brown-colored, with white and orange speckles. The longfin sanddab is a predator, feeding on benthic
Benthos
Benthos is the community of organisms which live on, in, or near the seabed, also known as the benthic zone. This community lives in or near marine sedimentary environments, from tidal pools along the foreshore, out to the continental shelf, and then down to the abyssal depths.Many organisms...

 worms and crustaceans.

It shares its habitat with the larger Pacific sanddab
Pacific sanddab
The Pacific sanddab is a species of sanddab . It is by far the most common sanddab, and it shares its habitat with the longfin sanddab and the speckled sanddab...

, and is a game fish of minor commercial importance.
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