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Heterosomata
Heterosomata An older name for the order
Pleuronectiformes (flatfish).
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Flatfish fossils fill in evolutionary missing link.
Newspaper article from: NewsRx Health; 7/21/2008; 700+ words
; ...are indeed early flatfishes. The most primitive flatfishes known, both Amphistium...longer found in modern flatfish. But the one that...asymmetry of extant flatfishes was gradual in nature...definitively linked to flatfish. Previous studies...
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Flounder/sole: flatfish has become a good buy, thanks to strict conservation methods in New England. (Buyer's Guide.(fish industry, United States)(Statistical Data Included)(Illustration)
Magazine article from: Seafood Business; 11/1/2001; 700+ words
; With the New England flatfish harvest bouncing back after years of...flounder. Since then, the most valuable flatfish fishery on the East Coast has gone...in 1995. Catches of North Atlantic flatfish off Canada have also headed south...
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Evolution of flatfish eyes a puzzle no more.(Front)
Newspaper article from: The Virginian Pilot; 7/11/2008; 700+ words
; ...The puzzling question was: How did flatfish, a bizarre, highly specialized group...trait that must have arisen suddenly in flatfish, because they could not see a benefit...had trouble answering critics who used flatfish and their strange eyes as an argument...
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New fossil tells twisted tale of how flatfishes ended up with two eyes on one side of head.
Newspaper article from: NewsRx Health & Science; 7/21/2008; 700+ words
; ...pattern seen in living flatfishes via gradual evolution...path toward the flatfish condition, because...For this reason, flatfishes became a key example...evolutionary origin of flatfish asymmetry, determines that flatfishes are not monsters...
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WANDERING EYE; Forgotten fossils hold clues to why flatfish have eyes on one side.(Life-Discovery)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 7/21/2008; 700+ words
; ...The puzzling question was: How did flatfish, a bizarre, highly specialized group...trait that must have arisen suddenly in flatfish because they could not see a benefit...had trouble answering critics who used flatfish and their strange eyes as an argument...
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The seasonal use of a shallow Georgia creek by flatfishes.(Wylly Creek)(Report)
Magazine article from: Georgia Journal of Science; 12/22/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...water. Key Words: flatfish, bay whiff, habitat...settlement INTRODUCTION Many flatfishes use temperate and tropical...distribution and movement of flatfishes in an area. Larval...flats (9). In fact, flatfish growth can serve as...quality (10). Most flatfishes are associated with...
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Scientists explain evolutionary mystery behind bizarre eyed flatfish
News Wire article from: The Hindustan Times; 7/10/2008; 667 words
; ...side of the head of the flatfish. All adult flatfishes, including the gastronomically...they are indeed early flatfishes," he added. The most primitive flatfishes known, both Amphistium...longer found in modern flatfish. But the one that caught...
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Whole-gear efficiency of a benthic survey trawl for flatfish.
Magazine article from: Fishery Bulletin; 4/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...experiments were focused on four species of flatfish: arrowtooth flounder (Atheresthes stomias...Dickson's (1993a) model for application to flatfish to account for the observation that flatfish herding is restricted to the length of the...
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Bridle efficiency of a survey trawl for flatfish.(Statistical Data Included)
Magazine article from: Fishery Bulletin; 10/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; Abstract--A bottom trawl catch of flatfish is composed of fish that were initially...into the net path) for seven species of flatfish was estimated by fitting a model of the...bottom, and benthic species, such as flatfish that often remain in direct contact with...
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Flatfish: demand for value-added halibut, flounder, sole on the rise.(Top 10 Species)
Magazine article from: Seafood Business; 3/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...commercially significant species under the broad flatfish banner. And with harvest restrictions...demand strengthening for fresh and frozen flatfish in retail and restaurant settings across...China. Front and center in most any flatfish discussion is Pacific halibut, a prized...
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flatfish
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
flatfish common name...American. Flatfishes are common...fishes. All flatfishes have an unusual...of the young flatfish recapitulates...underside of the flatfish is pale and...pigmentation . Flatfishes are divided...
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flounder
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
...xB7;er n. floun·der 2 • n. a small flatfish (families Pleuronectidae and Bothidae) that typically occurs...x220E; ( flounders ) a collective term for flatfishes other than soles. See flatfish .
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Pleuronectiformes
Book article from: A Dictionary of Zoology
...Osteichthyes , subclass Actinopterygii ) An order of marine flatfish that have a highly compressed and asymmetrical body. The eyes...symmetrical fish shape, but begin to assume the peculiar flatfish features when they are about 2 cm long. The order comprises...
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turbot
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
...x259;t / • n. ( pl. same or turbots ) a European flatfish ( Scophthalmus maximus , family Scophthalmidae) of inshore waters...is prized as food. ∎ used in names of similar flatfishes.
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Fish
Book article from: Water:Science and Issues
...variations, from short and fat to long and very slender. Flatfish (halibut and flounders), as the name implies, have very...on the same side of the head (i.e., the upper side). Flatfish have the remarkable ability to change the color and pattern...
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