bothid

Definitions

Any of the species of the lefteye flounder family Bothidae.

Examples

“1978, US Fish⟳ and Wildlife Service, Office of Biological Services, Development of Fishes of the Mid-Atlantic Bight, [page 125], Accepting this classification, the bothids can be distinguished from the pleuronectids and the soles by usually having both eyes on the left side of the head.”

“Bothids are left-eyed flounders, that is, both eyes are found on the left side of the adults after metamorphosing from the more traditional one-eye-per-side mode as post-larvae.”

“Among the flatfish, bothids are mainly found in deeper, less muddy situations while cynoglossids occur⟳ in shallower muddy areas.”

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