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Flatfish

Flatfish are a group of ray-finned fish belonging to the suborder Pleuronectoidei of the order Carangiformes. Their collective common name is due to their habit of lying on one side of their laterally-compressed body (flattened side-to-side) upon the seafloor; in this position, both eyes lie on the side of the head facing upwards, while the other side of…

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Flatfish

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related to Further reading · 17
Flatfish → American Paleontology, Archived, Biology, Bulletins, Distributions, Ed, Exploitation, Flatfishes, Gibson, Jack, July, Munroe, Retrieved, Robin, Sepkoski, Thomas, Wiley
related to Phylogeny · 16
Flatfish → CDS, Eocene, Girard, GTRGAMMA, However, Lü, Marine Species, Notably, Numerous, Pleuronectiformes, Polynemidae, Psettodidae, Some, The, There, World Register
related to Distribution · 15
Flatfish → Achiridae, Among, Antarctica, Arctic, Bathyscaphe Trieste's, Conversely, Cynoglossidae, Flatfishes, Indo-West Pacific, Mariana Trench, Most, None, Soleidae, Species, Symphurus
related to Hybrids · 11
Flatfish → Baltic Sea, English, European, Hybrids, Parophrys, Platichthys, Pleuronectes, Puget Sound, The, The Pleuronectidae, Two
related to Evolution · 9
Flatfish → Despite, Eocene, Flatfishes, In The Blind Watchmaker, Richard Dawkins, Scientists, Thanetian, The, Ypresian
related to As food · 8
Flatfish → American, Americas, Europe, Halibut, Its, Methods, The, The European
related to Taxonomy · 7
Flatfish → Carangiformes, Due, Eschmeyer's Catalog, Fishes, However, Pleuronectiformes, Specifically
related to Development · 6
Flatfish → Bilaterally, Flatfishes, One, The, These, They
related to Common names · 4
Flatfish → BrillDabFlounderHalibutMegrimPlaiceSanddabSoleTonguefishTurbot, English, The, There
related to Description · 4
Flatfish → In, Other, Some, The

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species flatfishes side fish one primitive families also head group eyes eye fossil order pleuronectidae found known plaice genera flounder

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conspicuous eyespotsinstance ofbut some have aposematic traits0.80text
floundersinstance ofMany species0.80text
spiny turbots eat smaller fishinstance ofMany species0.80text
and have well-developed teethinstance ofMany species0.80text
goldfish maintain balance using a system within their inner ears which involves the otolithinstance ofBilaterally symmetric fish0.80text
but larvalinstance ofBilaterally symmetric fish0.80text
metamorphizing flatfish require visible lightinstance ofBilaterally symmetric fish0.80text
the halibuts are specifically targeted by fisheriesinstance ofLarge species0.80text
resulting in heavy fishing pressuresinstance ofLarge species0.80text
bycatchinstance ofLarge species0.80text
Flatfishrelated to As foodIts0.60section
Flatfishrelated to As foodMethods0.60section

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