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Bothidae (lefteyed flounders)

Wikipedia Abstract

Lefteye flounders are a family, Bothidae, 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. A helpful reminder when trying to recall the family name for this fish is that "Bothidae (Both o' dey) eyes are on the same side o' dey head." The family is also distinguished by the presence of spines on the snout and near the eyes. \n* Scaldfish (Arnoglossus laterna) larva \n* Wide-eyed flounder, Bothus podas \n* Laeops macrophthalmus \n* Monolene atrimana \n* Deepwater flounder, Monolene sessilicauda \n*
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Genus

Arnoglossus (scald fishes) (46)
Asterorhombus (Lefteyed flounder) (3)
Bothidarum (3)
Bothus (Lefteyed flounder) (25)
Chascanopsetta (Lefteyed flounder) (10)
Crossorhombus (Lefteyed flounder) (5)
Engyophrys (Lefteyed flounder) (3)
Engyprosopon (Lefteyed flounder) (44)
Grammatobothus (Lefteyed flounder) (4)
Japonolaeops (Lefteyed flounder) (1)
Kamoharaia (Lefteyed flounder) (1)
Laeops (Lefteyed flounder) (15)
Lophonectes (Lefteyed flounder) (2)
Miobothus (1)
Monolene (Lefteyed flounder) (13)
Neolaeops (Lefteyed flounder) (1)
Oligobothus (1)
Parabothus (Lefteyed flounder) (10)
Perissias (Lefteyed flounder) (1)
Psettina (Lefteyed flounder) (10)
Taeniopsetta (Lefteyed flounder) (2)
Tosarhombus (Lefteyed flounder) (6)
Trichopsetta (Lefteyed flounder) (4)

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External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0