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]
- 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
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Family Bothidae". FishBase. February 2006 version.
- ^ a b Chapleau, Francois & Amaoka, Kunio (1998). Paxton, J.R. & Eschmeyer, W.N. (eds.). Encyclopedia of Fishes. San Diego: Academic Press. pp. 224–225. ISBN 0-12-547665-5.
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