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Descriptor English: Flounder
Descriptor Spanish: Lenguado
Descriptor platija
Entry term(s) Pleuronectes
Pseudopleuronectes
pleuronectos
Scope note: Nombre común de dos familias de RODABALLOS, pertenecientes al orden Pleuronectiformes: platija de ojo izquierdo (Bothidae) y platija de ojo derecho (Pleuronectidae). La última se usa más frecuentemente en investigación.
Descriptor Portuguese: Linguado
Descriptor French: Pleuronectidae
Entry term(s): Flounders
Halibut
Plaice
Platichthys
Pleuronectes
Pleuronectes platessa
Pseudopleuronectes
Tree number(s): B01.050.150.900.493.418.438
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D005432
Scope note: Common name for two families of FLATFISHES belonging to the order Pleuronectiformes: left-eye flounders (Bothidae) and right-eye flounders (Pleuronectidae). The latter is more commonly used in research.
Annotation: sole may be FLOUNDER (Pleuronectidae) or SOLEA see FLATFISHES
Allowable Qualifiers: AB abnormalities
AH anatomy & histology
BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CL classification
EM embryology
GD growth & development
GE genetics
IM immunology
IN injuries
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PH physiology
PS parasitology
SU surgery
UR urine
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Fishes (1966-1986)
Public MeSH Note: 91; was see under FLATFISHES 1987-90
History Note: 91(87); was see under FLATFISHES 1987-90
DeCS ID: 19171
Unique ID: D005432
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1991/01/01
Date of Entry: 1986/04/15
Revision Date: 2009/07/06
Flounder - Preferred
Concept UI M0008568
Scope note Common name for two families of FLATFISHES belonging to the order Pleuronectiformes: left-eye flounders (Bothidae) and right-eye flounders (Pleuronectidae). The latter is more commonly used in research.
Preferred term Flounder
Entry term(s) Flounders
Plaice - Narrower
Concept UI M0008539
Scope note Common name for Pleuronectes platessa.
Preferred term Plaice
Entry term(s) Pleuronectes platessa
Pleuronectes - Narrower
Concept UI M0008570
Scope note Genus of Pleuronectidae including plaice and English sole.
Preferred term Pleuronectes
Pseudopleuronectes - Narrower
Concept UI M0008571
Scope note Genus of Pleuronectidae comprising winter flounder.
Preferred term Pseudopleuronectes
Halibut - Narrower
Concept UI M0367595
Scope note General name for number of different species of halibut in the families Bothidae and Pleuronectidiae. This includes Atlantic, Pacific, Greenland, and false halibut, among others.
Preferred term Halibut
Platichthys - Narrower
Concept UI M0008569
Scope note Genus of Pleuronectidae comprising European flounder.
Preferred term Platichthys



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