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Large-tooth Flounders
Paralichthyidae
Large-tooth flounders or sand flounders are a family, Paralichthyidae, of flounders. The family contains 14 genera with a total of about 110 species. They lie on the sea bed on their right side; both eyes are always on the left side of the head, while the Pleuronectidae usually (but not always) have their eyes on the right side of the head.
They are found in temperate and tropical waters of the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans. Several species are important commercial and game fishes, notably the California halibut, Paralichthys californicus.
10 branches of this family, most-observed first · about 65 known species
Paralichthys
genusParalichthys
Pseudorhombus
genusPseudorhombus
Xystreurys
genusXystreurys
Ancylopsetta
genusAncylopsetta
Hippoglossina
genusHippoglossina
Tephrinectes
genusTephrinectes
Tarphops
genusTarphops
Gastropsetta
genusGastropsetta
Cephalopsetta
genusCephalopsetta
Thysanopsetta
genusThysanopsetta
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 48417.