For the album by Flook, see Flatfish (album). For the move in shogi, see Flatfish (shogi).
Flatfish
Temporal range: Paleocene–Recent[1]
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A camouflaged flatfish
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Actinopterygii
Clade:
Percomorpha
Order:
Pleuronectiformes
Type species
Pleuronectes platessa
Linnaeus, 1758
Families[2][3]
Suborder Psettodoidei
Psettodidae (spiny turbots)
Suborder Pleuronectoidei
Superfamily Citharoidea
Citharidae (largescale flounders)
Superfamily Pleuronectoidea
Scophthalmidae (turbots)
Paralichthyidae (large-tooth flounders)
Pleuronectidae (righteye flounders)
Bothidae (lefteye flounders)
Superfamily Soleoidea
Paralichthodidae (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.
Many important food fish are in this order, including the flounders, soles, turbot, plaice, and halibut. Some flatfish can camouflage themselves on the ocean floor.
^Cite error: The named reference EoF was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^Nelson, J. S. (2006). Fishes of the World (4 ed.). Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-0-471-25031-9.
^J. S. Nelson; T. C. Grande; M. V. H. Wilson (2016). Fishes of the World (5th ed.). Wiley. p. 752. ISBN 978-1-118-34233-6. Archived from the original on 2019-04-08. Retrieved 2018-05-24.
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