Pleuronectidae and they sink to the bottom. They are found on the bottoms of oceans around the world, with some species, such as the Atlantic halibut, "Hippoglossus hippoglossus", being found down to . The smaller species eat sea-floor invertebrates such as polychaetes and crustaceans, but the larger righteye flounders, such as "H. hippoglossus", which grows up to in length, feed on other fishes and cephalopods, as well. They include many important commercially fished species, including not only the various fish called flounders, but also the European plaice, the halibuts, the lemon sole, the common dab, the Pacific Dover sole, and the
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