Flatfish
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For the album by Flook, see Flatfish (album). For the move in shogi, see Flatfish (shogi).
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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Flatfish | |
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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 | |
Families[2][3] | |
Suborder Psettodoidei
Suborder Pleuronectoidei
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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.