Pleuronectiformes
Also known as the flatfish order, flatfish, Category:Flatfish
orden de peces
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Pleuronectiformes is a group of ray-finned fish commonly known as flatfish, characterized by their flattened bodies and both eyes positioned on the same side of their head as they rest on the seafloor. This unusual adaptation, where one eye migrates during development, represents a unique loss of body symmetry found nowhere else in vertebrates and allows these fish to blend in with their surroundings while hunting prey on the ocean bottom.
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Species
Plattfische
Pleuronectiformes
ORDER
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderPleuronectiformes
Habitatmarine, brackish, freshwater
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Research
5,222 papersArticle · Español
Los Pleuronectiformes o peces planos son un orden de peces al que pertenecen platijas, gallos y lenguados, con especies muy comunes y amplia distribución mundial, la mayoría marinos con unas pocas especies de agua dulce. Viven acostados sobre fondos arenosos. Su nombre procede del griego: pleura (lado) + nektos (nadar), por la forma tan característica de nadar de lado.
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