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  2. Flounder - Wikipedia

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    Flounder typically grow to a length of 22–60 centimeters (8.7–23.6 in), and as large as 95 centimeters (37 in). Their width is about half their length. Male Platichthys have been found up to 130 km (80 mi) off the coast of northern Sardinia, sometimes with heavy encrustations of various species of barnacle .

  3. European flounder - Wikipedia

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    The European flounder (Platichthys flesus) is a flatfish of European coastal waters from the White Sea in the north to the Mediterranean and the Black Sea in the south. It has been introduced into the United States and Canada accidentally through transport in ballast water.

  4. Pleuronectidae - Wikipedia

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    Pleuronectidae, also known as righteye flounders, are a family of flounders.They are called "righteye flounders" because most species lie on the sea bottom on their left sides, with both eyes on their right sides. [1]

  5. Paralichthys lethostigma - Wikipedia

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    Paralichthys lethostigma, the southern flounder, is a species of large-tooth flounder native to the East Coast of the United States and the northern Gulf of Mexico. It is a popular sport fish and is the largest and most commercially valuable flounder in the western North Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico. [ 2 ]

  6. California halibut - Wikipedia

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    The California halibut or California flounder (Paralichthys californicus) is a large-tooth flounder native to the waters of the Pacific Coast of North America from the Quillayute River in Washington to Magdalena Bay in Baja California. [2] [3] This is a demersal fish, living primarily in the lower water column as adults. [2]

  7. Citharichthys - Wikipedia

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    Various species known as sanddab, whiff, and flounder are in this genus, and the most common species is the Pacific sanddab, Citharichthys sordidus. They are a dull light-brown, and are mottled with brown or black, sometimes with yellow or orange.

  8. Fish anatomy - Wikipedia

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    Fish anatomy is the study of the form or morphology of fish. It can be contrasted with fish physiology , which is the study of how the component parts of fish function together in the living fish. [ 1 ]

  9. Pacific sanddab - Wikipedia

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    The Pacific sanddab (Citharichthys sordidus), also known as the soft flounder, mottle sanddab, or megrim, is a fish species in the order Pleuronectiformes, or flatfish. [1] It is by far the most common sanddab, and it shares its habitat with the longfin sanddab (C. xanthostigma) and the speckled sanddab (C. stigmaeus). The adult Pacific sanddab ...