Pointhead flounder
ソウハチ · souhachi
Cleisthenes pinetorum
Pointhead flounder sometimes school above the seabed. In floating-school fishing, use the skipper's indicated depth rather than automatically dropping every rig to the bottom.
Habitat and season
Cool northern and Sea of Japan waters, over sand and mud or in midwater schools.
- Recorded fishing season
- Feb · Mar · Apr · May · Jun · Jul
- Scientific name
- Cleisthenes pinetorum
- Japanese name
- ソウハチ
Months are a broad guide, not a current catch forecast. Region, water temperature and local closures can change the season.
Fishing methods
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Cooking
Detailed recipes for this species are currently in Japanese. Open the Japanese cooking guide →
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Detailed Japanese species notes
口が大きく、頭の縁へ寄った上側の目が特徴のカレイ。底だけでなく中層を泳ぐ群れを狙う船釣りがあり、一般的なカレイの投げ釣りとは棚の考え方が違う。
多針仕掛けと船上の揺れに注意。地域の採捕サイズ規制を出船前に確認し、小型魚の扱いは船長に従う。
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