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1144:Large-scale righteye flounder
1134:Indonesian ocellated flounder
238:Pseudomancopsetta andriashevi
1307:Cephalopsetta ventrocellatus
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1455:Paralichthys lethostigma
1128:Hypsopsetta macrocephala
1079:Cleisthenes herzensteini
1038:American smooth flounder
666:Soleichthys heterorhinos
280:"Family Achiropsettidae"
278:; Pauly, Daniel (eds.).
261:Paralichthys lethostigma
244:Neoachiropsetta milfordi
44:Neoachiropsetta milfordi
1252:Yellow striped flounder
999:Mediterranean scaldfish
834:Three-lined tongue sole
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1155:Marleyella maldivensis
828:Symphurus thermophilus
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1086:Cleisthenes pinetorum
777:Largescale tonguesole
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1404:Thysanopsetta naresi
1257:Yellowbelly flounder
1179:Peltorhamphus tenuis
1173:New Zealand flounder
1162:Microstomus shuntovi
817:Southern tongue sole
812:Sharpnose tonguesole
802:Roundhead tonguesole
792:Ripplefin tonguesole
762:Fourlined tonguesole
503:Scophthalmus maximus
1262:Yellowtail flounder
1202:Ridged-eye flounder
1053:Banded-fin flounder
1048:Arrowtooth flounder
930:Southern lemon sole
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787:Nigerian tonguesole
767:Ghanaian tonguesole
757:Fourline tonguesole
655:Common (Dover) sole
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1398:Three-eye flounder
1323:Five-rayed sanddab
1318:Five-eyed flounder
1301:California halibut
1139:Kamchatka flounder
1122:Greenback flounder
1097:Cresthead flounder
895:Northern rock sole
746:Cynoglossus suyeni
730:Bengal tongue sole
558:New Zealand turbot
408:California halibut
388:Arrowtooth halibut
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1755:Wikispecies
1430:(6 species)
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672:Yellow sole
532:Psettodidae
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164:Mancopsetta
1597:Turbot War
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1513:Common dab
1482:Citharidae
1373:Sand whiff
994:Plate fish
885:Lemon sole
870:Dusky sole
225:caudal fin
130:Type genus
1487:Samaridae
915:Rock sole
701:Achiridae
618:Generally
331:Generally
210:Antarctic
208:found in
206:flounders
194:flounders
75:Kingdom:
69:Eukaryota
1932:Category
1746:Q1288014
1740:Wikidata
1694:flatfish
1684:Demersal
1662:menhaden
1625:mackerel
1615:billfish
1610:Predator
1586:As food
1425:Southern
1024:Righteye
956:flounder
910:Rex sole
687:American
623:flatfish
336:flatfish
324:Flatfish
285:FishBase
254:See also
115:Family:
89:Chordata
85:Phylum:
79:Animalia
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1699:pollock
1667:sardine
1657:herring
1652:anchovy
1560:Related
1466:More...
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965:Lefteye
839:More...
706:More...
677:More...
620:smaller
509:More...
466:More...
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191:armless
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95:Class:
1915:154169
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1873:NZOR:
1866:553240
1853:105534
1647:Forage
1630:salmon
1620:bonito
716:Tongue
480:Turbot
427:Plaice
333:larger
214:genera
198:family
144:, 1930
142:Norman
1910:WoRMS
1848:IRMNG
1840:85558
1801:52898
1677:sprat
1635:shark
1543:Fluke
1475:Other
1009:Witch
953:Other
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541:Other
519:Spiny
381:Other
204:, of
1861:ITIS
1827:8607
1822:GBIF
1796:BOLD
1672:shad
1640:tuna
1500:Misc
641:True
632:Sole
489:True
354:True
221:eyes
185:The
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1809:CoL
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