Bothidae
Lefteye flounders | |
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Scaldfish, Arnoglossus laterna | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Pleuronectiformes |
Suborder: | Pleuronectoidei |
Family: | Bothidae Smitt, 1892 |
Type genus | |
Bothus Rafinesque, 1810 | |
Genera | |
Arnoglossus |
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."[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. They include such economically important species as the Japanese halibut.[2]
- Scaldfish (Arnoglossus laterna) larva
- Wide-eyed flounder, Bothus podas
- Laeops macrophthalmus
- Monolene atrimana
- Deepwater flounder, Monolene sessilicauda
- Sash flounder, Trichopsetta ventralis
See also
- Pleuronectidae, the righteye family of flounders