order Heterosomata

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order Heterosomata - flatfishes: halibut; sole; flounder; plaice; turbot; tonguefishes

animal order - the order of animals

Acanthopterygii, superorder Acanthopterygii - teleost fishes having fins with sharp bony rays

flatfish - any of several families of fishes having flattened bodies that swim along the sea floor on one side of the body with both eyes on the upper side

family Pleuronectidae, Pleuronectidae - righteye flounders

Bothidae, family Bothidae - a family of fish of the order Heterosomata

Cynoglossidae, family Cynoglossidae - tonguefishes

family Soleidae, Soleidae - soles

References in periodicals archive ?

The giant ganglion cells in the spinal cord of the order Heterosomata COPE (Anacanthini Pleuronectoidei Guenther).

Morphological, cytochemical, and cytofluorimetric features of supramedullary neurons of the fish Solea ocellata