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title: "California Halibut"
description: "Paralichthys californicus — Ryby. The California halibut or California flounder (Paralichthys californicus) is a large-tooth flounder native to the waters of the Pacific Coast of North America from the Quillayute River in Washington to Magdalena Bay in Baja California Sur."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/california-halibut
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# California Halibut

> Paralichthys californicus — Ryby. The California halibut or California flounder (Paralichthys californicus) is a large-tooth flounder native to the waters of the Pacific Coast of North America from the Quillayute River in Washington to Magdalena Bay in Baja California Sur.

- Scientific name: *Paralichthys californicus*
- Category: `fish` (Ryby)
- Habitats: `sea` (Morze i wybrzeże)
- iNaturalist observations: 1379
- Wikidata: [Q942266](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q942266)
- iNaturalist taxon: [108561](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/108561)

## Names

- en: California Halibut
- es: Lenguado californiano
- fr: Cardeau californien

## Countries with the most observations

US (1194), MX (46)

## Summary

The California halibut or California flounder (Paralichthys californicus) is a large-tooth flounder native to the waters of the Pacific Coast of North America from the Quillayute River in Washington to Magdalena Bay in Baja California Sur.
This is a demersal fish, living primarily in the lower water column as adults. They inhabit near shore regions and are free swimming. This is an unusual fish in that one eye migrates around from one side to the other as it grows from an upright fry or baby fish into an adult fish that lies on its side.  This results in the adult fish having two eyes on the up-side as it lies on…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_halibut

## Photo

![California Halibut](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/california-halibut/medium.jpg)

Photo: Al Kordesch · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/124505625

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/california-halibut?lang=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).