Paralichthyidae Regan 1910
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https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5376.1.1 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10249583 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/038C8788-E86A-FF9C-FF79-2F01FE81306D |
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Paralichthyidae Regan 1910 |
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Family Paralichthyidae Regan 1910 View in CoL View at ENA ( Fig. 3N View FIGURE 3 ). Sand Flounders, Sandabs; Lenguados, Peces Hoja
Description: Body strongly compressed, flattened, oval in shape; up to 150 cm, usually less than 70 cm; eyes on the left side; border of the preoperculum free, not obscured by skin or scales; pectoral fins on both sides of body, with branched rays; pelvic fins on both sides of body, with 5–6 rays, bases short and symmetrical or nearly so; dorsal and anal fins not joined to the caudal fin ( Robertson & Allen 2015, Nelson et al. 2016). Distribution: Marine, rarely freshwater; Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific oceans ( Nelson et al. 2016). One genus and three species in Nicaraguan freshwaters.
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