Bothidae or lefteye flounders are a family of

flounder Flounders are a group of flatfish species. They are demersal fish, found at the bottom of oceans around the world; some species will also enter estuaries. Taxonomy The name "flounder" is used for several only distantly related species, thou ...

s. They are called "lefteye flounders" because most species lie on the sea bottom on their right sides, with both eyes on their left sides. The family is also distinguished by the presence of spines on the snout and near the eyes. Lefteye flounders vary considerably in size between the more than 160 species, ranging from to in length. File:Arnoglossus laterna larva.jpg,

Scaldfish The scaldfishes comprise a genus, ''Arnoglossus'', of lefteye flounders. They are found in the Pacific, Indian and Atlantic Oceans, including the Mediterranean and Black Sea. They are entirely absent from most of the Americas; the only exceptions ...

(''Arnoglossus laterna'') larva File:Bothus podas.jpg, Wide-eyed flounder, ''Bothus podas'' File:Laeops macrophthalmus.jpg, '' Laeops macrophthalmus'' File:Monolene atrimana.jpg, ''

Monolene atrimana ''Monolene'' is a genus of small, mainly deepwater lefteye flounders from the Atlantic and East Pacific. Species The currently recognized species in this genus are: * ''Monolene antillarum'' Norman, 1933 (slim flounder) * ''Monolene asaedai'' ...

'' File:Monolene sessilicauda.jpg, Deepwater flounder, ''Monolene sessilicauda'' File:Trichopsetta ventralis.jpg,

Sash flounder A sash is a large and usually colorful ribbon or band of material worn around the body, either draping from one shoulder to the opposing hip and back up, or else running around the waist. The sash around the waist may be worn in daily attire, bu ...

, ''Trichopsetta ventralis''

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{{Taxonbar, from=Q838524 Marine fish families Taxa named by Albert Günther

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