name: Flatfish

flavor_db_name_variants: flatfish

source: foodb

status: draft

food_db_id: Flatfish

id: 535

name_scientific: Pleuronectiformes

description: A flatfish is a member of the order (Pleuronectiformes) of ray-finned demersal fishes, also called the Heterosomata, sometimes classified as a suborder of Perciformes. In many species, both eyes lie on one side of the head, one or the other migrating through and around the head during development. Some species face their left side upward, some face their right side upward, and others face either side upward. Many important food fish are in this order, including the flounders, soles, turbot, plaice, and halibut. There are more than 400 species of this order. Some flatfish can camouflage themselves on the ocean floor.

itis_id: 172702

wikipedia_id: Flatfish

picture_file_name: 548.jpg

picture_content_type: image/jpeg

picture_file_size: 207216

picture_updated_at: 2012-04-20T09:30:17.000Z

legacy_id: 575

food_group: Aquatic foods

food_subgroup: Fishes

food_type: Type 1

created_at: 2011-02-09T00:37:47.000Z

updated_at: 2019-05-14T18:05:27.000Z

creator_id: null

updater_id: null

export_to_afcdb: false

category: specific

ncbi_taxonomy_id: 8252

export_to_foodb: true

public_id: FOOD00535