Preferred Label : flatfishes;
MeSH definition : 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.;
MeSH synonym : pleuronectiformes;
Wikipedia automatic translation : Flatfish;
MeSH hyponym : turbot; solea; Turbots; Psetta maxima; Scophthalmus maximus;
MeSH Related Number : txid28828; txid52904;
MeSH annotation : sole may be SOLEA see FLATFISHES or FLOUNDER (Pleuronectidae); check text;
Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flatfish;
UNII : txid8252;
Origin ID : D005412;
UMLS CUI : C0016201;
Allowable qualifiers
Record concept(s)
Semantic type(s)
- Fish [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
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.