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Also Known As Pleuronectiformes • flatfish • Heterosomata

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Body plan and sexual dimorphism in the common sole (Solea solea) and dusky flounder (Syacium papillosum).
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Flatfish (Scophthalmus).
View Tonguefish swimming over a molten sulfur pond near the Mariana Islands
See how tonguefish attack dead fish on the seafloor at Daikoku near the Mariana Islands
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Sea otter (Enhydra lutris), also called great sea otter, rare, completely marine otter of the northern Pacific, usually found in kelp beds. Floats on back. Looks like sea otter laughing. saltwater otters
Animal Group Names
Mute swan with cygnet. (birds)
Match the Baby Animal to Its Mama Quiz
vulture. An adult bearded vulture at a raptor recovery center. The Gypaetus barbatus also known as the Lammergeier or Lammergeyer, is a bird of prey and considered an Old World vulture.
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Young chimpanzee dressed in a shirt and sweater vest, scratching his head thinking. (primates)
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Lion (panthera leo)
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