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lefteyed flounder

DEFINITIONS OF: lefteyed flounder

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n flatfishes with both eyes on the left side of the head

Synonyms:
lefteye flounder
Types:
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Paralichthys lethostigmus, southern flounder
flounder of southern United States
Paralichthys dentatus, summer flounder
flounder of eastern coast of North America
Etropus rimosus, gray flounder, grey flounder
flounder found from North Carolina to Florida and the eastern Gulf of Mexico
whiff
a lefteye flounder found in coastal waters from New England to Brazil
sand dab
small food fishes of the Pacific coast of North America
Scophthalmus aquosus, windowpane
very thin translucent flounder of the Atlantic coast of North America
Scophthalmus rhombus, brill
European food fish
Psetta maxima, turbot
a large brownish European flatfish
Citharichthys cornutus, horned whiff
a whiff found in waters from the Bahamas and northern Gulf of Mexico to Brazil
Type of:
flatfish
any of several families of fishes having flattened bodies that swim along the sea floor on one side of the body with both eyes on the upper side
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