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Pulled by a sailboat going with the wind and tide, the trawl raked the seafloor and scared flatfishes like flounder, halibut, and sole into the net.

From Scientific American • May 24, 2013

The flatfishes have the body flattened, swim on the side, and have eyes on one side, as the flounder, turbot, and halibut.

From The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary Section F, G and H by Project Gutenberg

Other bottom feeders occur in less numbers, the pollock and the cusk perhaps being next in order of importance, with hake and a considerable amount of the various flatfishes in the otter trawls.

From Fishing Grounds of the Gulf of Maine by Rich, Walter H.