Bothidae

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Noun

Bothidae - a family of fish of the order Heterosomatafamily Bothidaefish family - any of various families of fishHeterosomata, order Heterosomata, order Pleuronectiformes - flatfishes: halibut; sole; flounder; plaice; turbot; tonguefisheslefteye flounder, lefteyed flounder - flatfishes with both eyes on the left side of the headgenus Paralichthys, Paralichthys - a genus of BothidaeEtropus, genus Etropus - a genus of BothidaeCitharichthys, genus Citharichthys - a genus of Bothidaegenus Scophthalmus, Scophthalmus - a genus of Bothidaegenus Psetta, Psetta - a genus of Bothidae

Bothidae

(left-eye flounders), a family of fishes of the order Pleuronectiformes. The body is rhomboid, with both eyes on its left side. The pelvic fins are asymmetric. The roe are pelagic. There are about 200 species, united in the following three subfamilies: Paralichthyinae (21 genera), Bothinae (13 genera), and Scophthalminae (four genera). The first two subfamilies are found in tropical and temperate latitudes, and the last is encountered only in temperate latitudes. In the USSR the Scophthalminae are found in the Black Sea, the Sea of Azov, the Sea of Japan, and—less frequently—the Barents Sea. The fishes are commercially valuable.

REFERENCES

Nikol’skii, G. V. Chastnaia ikhtiologiia, 3rd ed. Moscow, 1971.
Promyslovye ryby SSSR (text to an atlas of color drawings of fish). Moscow, 1949.
Svetovidov, A. N. Ryby Chernogo moria. Moscow-Leningrad, 1964.
Zhizn’zhivotnykh, vol. 4, part 1. Moscow, 1971.

Bothidae

noun

Synonyms for Bothidae

noun a family of fish of the order Heterosomata

Synonyms

family Bothidae

Related Words

fish family
Heterosomata
order Heterosomata
order Pleuronectiformes
lefteye flounder
lefteyed flounder
genus Paralichthys
Paralichthys
Etropus
genus Etropus
Citharichthys
genus Citharichthys
genus Scophthalmus
Scophthalmus
genus Psetta
Psetta