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Flatfishes

Medical Definition: Common name for the order Pleuronectiformes. A very distinctive group in that during development they become asymmetrical, i.e., one eye migrates to lie adjacent to the other. They swim on the eyeless side. FLOUNDER, sole, and turbot, along with several others, are included in this order.
Guide Notes: sole may be SOLEA see FLATFISHES or FLOUNDER (Pleuronectidae); check text
Also Called: Solea,Turbot
Previously Indexed: Fishes (1966-1986)
Flatfishes Categories.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Flounder - Common name for two families of FLATFISHES belonging to the order Pleuronectiformes: left-eye flounders (Bothidae) and right-eye flounders (Pleuronectidae). The latter is more commonly used in research.

Flatfishes Medical Definitions and Terms

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