Encyclopedia > Pleuronectiformes

  Article Content

Pleuronectiformes

An order of ray-finned fish, also called the Heterosomata, sometimes classified as a suborder of the Perciformes. The name means "side-swimmers" in Greek; in English they are called flatfish[?]. In many species both eyes lie on one side of the head, one or the other migrating through during development.



All Wikipedia text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License

 
  Search Encyclopedia

Search over one million articles, find something about almost anything!
 
 
  
  Featured Article
Shoreham, New York

... Geography Shoreham is located at 40°57'25" North, 72°54'31" West (40.956866, -72.908727)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total ...

 
 
 
This page was created in 25 ms