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Bothidae
Lefteye flounders are a family, Bothidae, of flounders. They are called "lefteye flounders" because most species lie on the sea bottom on their right side, with both eyes on the left side.
PLEURONECTIFORMES
Includes spiny turbots, scophthalmids, lefteye flounders, southern flounders, righteye flounders, soles, tonguefishes ...
Similar is the summer flounder (Paralichthys dentatus), of the lefteye flounder family, Bothidae, called fluke by fishermen, common from Maine to the Carolinas.
 See also: Flounder, Righteye flounder, Southern flounder, Tonguefish, Turbot
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