Taractes asper Lowe, 1843 .

Flathead Pomfret or Rough Pomfret. To more than 50 cm (19.7 in) TL (Mecklenburg et al. 2002). Circumglobal; western Pacific Ocean north to Japan (Mochizuki in Masuda et al. 1984) to Gulf of Alaska off Kodiak Island (Mecklenburg et al. 2002) to southern California (31°20’N, 121°10’W) (Parin and Scherbachev 1998) to Chile (Pequeño 1997). Oceanic, primarily pelagic (Mead 1972); depth: surface to about 1,000 m (3,280 ft) (min.: Mecklenburg et al. 2002; max. Roberts et al. 2015).