Pleuronectiformes
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https://term.museum-digital.de/md-de/tag/10108
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- Suborder Psettodoidei
Psettodidae (spiny turbots)Suborder Pleuronectoidei
Superfamily CitharoideaCitharidae (largescale flounders)Superfamily PleuronectoideaScophthalmidae (turbots)Paralichthyidae (large-tooth flounders)Pleuronectidae (righteye flounders)Bothidae (lefteye flounders)Superfamily SoleoideaParalichthodidae (measles flounders)Poecilopsettidae (bigeye flounders)Rhombosoleidae (rhombosoleids)Achiropsettidae (southern flounders)Samaridae (crested flounders)Achiridae (American soles)Soleidae (true soles)Cynoglossidae (tonguefishes)A flatfish is a member of the ray-finned demersal fish order Pleuronectiformes, also called the Heterosomata, sometimes classified as a suborder of Perciformes. In many species, both eyes lie on one side of the head, one or the other migrating through or around the head during development. Some species face their left sides upward, some face their right sides upward, and others face either side upward.
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