Definition of "flatfishes" [flatfishes]

• Plural form of flatfish. (noun)

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• "CT scans of 50-million-year-old fossils have revealed an intermediate species between primitive flatfishes with eyes on both sides of their heads and the modern, lopsided versions, which include sole, flounder, and halibut."
• "The discovery of a missing link in the evolution of bizarre flatfishes—each of which has both eyes on the same side of its head—could give intelligent design advocates a sinking feeling."
• "Some of the more abundant fish species that would be very likely to move northward under the projected warming include Atlantic and Pacific herring and cod, walleye pollock in the Bering Sea, and some of the flatfishes that might presently be limited by bottom temperatures in the northern areas of the marginal arctic seas."