Southern lemon sole

{{Short description|Species of fish}}

{{Use New Zealand English|date=July 2024}}

{{Speciesbox

| name = Southern lemon sole

| image_alt = Photo of southern lemon sole caught by fisherman

| image_caption = Southern lemon sole

| image = Pelotretis_flavilatus.jpg

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref ={{cite iucn| author = Munroe, T.A. | year = 2010 | title = Pelotretis flavilatus |errata=2017 | volume = 2010 | page = e.T154883A115248774 | doi = 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T154883A4658723.en |access-date=26 March 2018}}

| genus = Pelotretis

| species = flavilatus

| authority = Waite, 1911

}}

The southern lemon sole (Pelotretis flavilatus), also known as the New Zealand lemon sole, is a righteye flounder, the only species in the genus Pelotretis, found around New Zealand in enclosed waters such as estuaries, harbours, mudflats, and sandflats, in waters less than 385 m in depth. Their length is from 25 to 50 cm.