Bothidae
Family of fishes
| Lefteye flounders | |
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| Scaldfish, Arnoglossus laterna | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Pleuronectiformes |
| Suborder: | Pleuronectoidei |
| Family: | Bothidae Smitt, 1892 |
| Type genus | |
| Bothus Rafinesque, 1810 | |
| Genera | |
| Arnoglossus | |
Bothidae or lefteye flounders are a family of flounders. They are called "lefteye flounders" because most species lie on the sea bottom on their right sides, with both eyes on their left sides.[1] The family is also distinguished by the presence of spines on the snout and near the eyes.[2]
Lefteye flounders vary considerably in size between the more than 160 species, ranging from 4.5 cm (1.8 in) to 1.5 m (4.9 ft) in length.[2]
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Scaldfish (Arnoglossus laterna) larva -
Wide-eyed flounder, Bothus podas -
Laeops macrophthalmus -
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Deepwater flounder, Monolene sessilicauda -
Sash flounder, Trichopsetta ventralis
See also
- Pleuronectidae, the righteye family of flounders
References
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larger
flatfish
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smaller
flatfish
- Demersal fish
- Transitional fossils
- As food
- Turbot War
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