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Flatfish
Flatfish.jpg
Flatfish (Peces planos)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Phylum:
Class:
Infraclass:
Order:
Pleuronectiformes (Flatfish)
Families

Suborder Psettodoidei
    Psettodoidae
Suborder Pleuronectoidei
    Citharidae (spiny turbots)
    Scophthalmidae turbots
    Bothidae (lefteye flounders)
    Pleuronectidae (righteye flounders)
    Paralichthyidae
    Achiropsettidae (southern flounders)
    Samaridae
Suborder Soleoidei
    Soleidae (soles)
    Achiridae (American soles)
    Cynoglossidae (tonguefish)

Flatfish are a type of fish. There are several different kinds of flatfish. Some of them are fished commercially, like flounder, sole, turbot, plaice, and halibut.

All flatfish are rather flat, and are ray-finned fish. During their evolution, their eyes have moved so that they are on the same side, which the fish keeps uppermost. They swim like this, and can hide in the sand waiting for prey on the ocean floor. They have a capacity for dynamic camouflage, which is under nervous control, and can change in 'real time' to match their background.

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