flatfish
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But other fish — such as Arctic cod, capelin and flatfish — evolved to thrive in this environment, with the cold pool serving as a protective barrier.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 17, 2021
The region is also known as a playground for aquatic species such as worms, flatfish and shellfish, and as a home or resting spot for dozens of species of birds.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 12, 2021
Fluke often is confused with flounder, another bottom-dwelling flatfish, and there is not too much of a culinary difference between the two.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 17, 2018
Not a shrimp beside Disney’s whale, but just one more middling flatfish in the seas of the Blue Planet.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 17, 2017
“Wasn’t any splash except when I threw that big flatfish overboard,” said the skipper.
From The Campfire Girls on Station Island or, The Wireless from the Steam Yacht by Penrose, Margaret
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
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.
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
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