DeCS

Descriptor English:

Flatfishes

Descriptor Spanish:

Peces Planos

Spanish from Spain

Descriptor	peces planos
Scope note:	Nombre común para el orden Pleuronectiformes. Grupo muy diferente ya que durante el desarrollo se convierten en asimétricos, es decir, un ojo migra hasta quedar adyacente al otro. Nadan sobre el lado que no tiene ojo. Se incluyen en este orden el LENGUADO, el rodaballo, y el turbo, entre muchos otros.

Descriptor Portuguese:

Linguados

Descriptor French:

Poissons plats

Entry term(s):

Pleuronectiformes
Psetta maxima
Scophthalmus maximus
Solea
Turbot

Tree number(s):

B01.050.150.900.493.418

RDF Unique Identifier:

https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D005412

Scope note:

Common name for the order Pleuronectiformes. A very distinctive group in that during development they become asymmetrical, i.e., one eye migrates to lie adjacent to the other. They swim on the eyeless side. FLOUNDER, sole, and turbot, along with several others, are included in this order.

Annotation:

sole may be SOLEA see FLATFISHES or FLOUNDER (Pleuronectidae); check text

Allowable Qualifiers:

AB malformations
AH anatomie et histologie
BL sang
CF liquide cérébrospinal
CL classification
EM embryologie
GD croissance et développement
GE génétique
IM immunologie
IN traumatismes
ME métabolisme
MI microbiologie
PH physiologie
PS parasitologie
SU chirurgie
UR urine
VI virologie

DeCS ID:

19169

Unique ID:

D005412

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Date Established:

1987/01/01

Date of Entry:

1986/04/15

Revision Date:

2009/07/06