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flatfish

any marine spiny-finned fish of the order Heterosomata, including the halibut, plaice, turbot, and sole, all of which (when adult) swim along the sea floor on one side of the body, which is highly compressed and has both eyes on the uppermost side
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flatfish

[′flat‚fish]
(vertebrate zoology)
Any of a number of asymmetrical fishes which compose the order Pleuronectiformes; the body is laterally compressed, and both eyes are on the same side of the head.
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Considering their size, some juvenile flatfish travel long distances between shallow nursery areas and deeper tidal rivers and sounds.
Fossil evidence had already shown that flatfish ancestors had one eye on each side of the head.
Reichert MJM and van der Veer HW: Settlement, abundance, growth and mortality of juvenile flatfish in a subtropical tidal estuary (Georgia, U.S.A.).
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According to importers, the prawns were kept with flatfish for two days after they were caught.
Two species of flatfish from southern California were evaluated for exposure to polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), and DNA damage.
In The Gaudy Presence, 1999-2000, meanwhile, an ugly red flatfish rendered in lovely gestural brushwork splits in half to spill a full-color inner world that is at once gross and engrossingly beautiful.

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