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Preferred term

Flounder  

Type

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Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Halibut
  • Plaice
  • Platichthys
  • Pleuronectes
  • Pseudopleuronectes

Note

  • sole may be FLOUNDER (Pleuronectidae) or SOLEA see FLATFISHES

Scope note

  • Common name for two families of FLATFISHES belonging to the order Pleuronectiformes: left-eye flounders (Bothidae) and right-eye flounders (Pleuronectidae). The latter is more commonly used in research.

History note

  • 91(87); was see under FLATFISHES 1987-90

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D005432

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