righteye flounder

Synonyms:

righteyed flounder

Types:

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Pleuronectes platessa, plaice

large European food fish

European flatfish, Platichthys flesus

important food fish of Europe

Limanda ferruginea, yellowtail flounder

American flounder having a yellowish tail

Pseudopleuronectes americanus, blackback flounder, lemon sole, winter flounder

important American food fish in the winter

Microstomus kitt, lemon sole

European flatfish highly valued as food

American plaice, Hippoglossoides platessoides

large American food fish

Atlantic halibut, Hippoglossus hippoglossus

largest United States flatfish

Hippoglossus stenolepsis, Pacific halibut

a righteye flounder found in the Pacific

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