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Genus of fishes
Pleuronectes is a genus of righteye flounders found in the northern oceans. There are currently two recognized species in this genus: Pleuronectes platessa
Pleuronectes
Species of fish
plaice (Pleuronectes platessa), commonly referred to as simply plaice, or schol in Dutch, is a species of marine flatfish in the genus Pleuronectes of the
European_plaice
Species of fish
Pseudopleuronectes americanus (Walbaum, 1792) Synonyms Pleuronectes americanus Walbaum, 1792 Pleuronectes planus Mitchill, 1814 Platessa pusilla De Kay, 1842
Winter_flounder
Species of fish
similarity between it and Limanda limanda (then considered to be in the genus Pleuronectes). He gave the species the common name of "rusty dab". Later, both P.
Yellowtail_flounder
Species of bivalve
southern subspecies A. pleuronectes australiae apparently has 22-24 ribs, fewer than the nominate subspecies. A. pleuronectes ranges in depth from 10–160 m
Amusium_pleuronectes
Species of fish
hippoglossus Binomial name Hippoglossus hippoglossus (Linnaeus, 1758) Synonyms Pleuronectes hippoglossus Linnaeus, 1758 Hippoglossus vulgaris Fleming, 1828 Hippoglossus
Atlantic_halibut
Pleuronectes platessa – European plaice Pleuronectes flesus & Pleuronectes passer – European flounder Pleuronectes limanda – Common dab Pleuronectes solea
Pisces in the 10th edition of Systema Naturae
Pisces_in_the_10th_edition_of_Systema_Naturae
Species of flatfish
Synonyms Pleuronectes maculatus Bloch & Schneider, 1801 Achirus fasciatus Lacepède, 1802 Trinectes fasciatus (Lacepède, 1802) Pleuronectes mollis Mitchill
Hogchoker
Species of fish
(7 in). The European flounder sometimes hybridises with European plaice (Pleuronectes platessa) and, particularly in the western Baltic Sea, the hybrid is
European_flounder
Species of fish
first recorded in the late 16th century. The common dab was first named Pleuronectes limanda by Carl Linnaeus in the 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae
Common_dab
Common name for a group of flatfish
FAO: Species Fact Sheets: Pleuronectes platessa, Retrieved 23 November 2009. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Pleuronectes platessa". FishBase. November
Plaice
Species of fish
lineatus Binomial name Achirus lineatus (Linnaeus, 1758) Synonyms Pleuronectes lineatus Linnaeus, 1758 Pleuronectes nigricans Bloch & Schneider, 1801
Achirus_lineatus
Genus of fishes
T. sinensis Binomial name Tephrinectes sinensis (Lacépède, 1802) Synonyms Paralichthys sinensis (Lacépède, 1802) Pleuronectes sinensis Lacépède, 1802
Tephrinectes
Species of fish
1776) Synonyms Pleuronectes glacialis Pallas, 1776 Pleuronectes cicatricosus Pallas, 1814 Platessa dwinensis Lilljeborg, 1851 Pleuronectes franklinii Günther
Arctic_flounder
Species of fish
name Scophthalmus rhombus (Linnaeus, 1758) Synonyms Pleuronectes laevis Turton, 1802 Pleuronectes rhombus Linnaeus, 1758 Rhombus laevis (Turton, 1802)
Brill_(fish)
Species of fish
Range of the lemon sole Synonyms Pleuronectes kitt Walbaum, 1792 Pleuronectes microcephalus Donovan, 1803 Pleuronectes laevis Shaw, 1803 Platessa pola
Lemon_sole
Species of fish
Lepidorhombus megastoma Donovan, 1804 Pleuronectes megastoma Donovan, 1804 Pleuronectes pseudopalus Pennant, 1812 Pleuronectes whiffiagonis Walbaum, 1792 Rhombus
Megrim
Species of fish
Reinhardtius hippoglossoides (Walbaum, 1792) Synonyms Pleuronectes hippoglossoides Walbaum, 1792 Pleuronectes pinguis O. Fabricius, 1824 Hippoglossus groenlandicus
Greenland_halibut
Species of fish
cynoglossus (Linnaeus, 1758) Synonyms Pleuronectes cynoglossus Linnaeus, 1758 Pleuronectes saxicola Faber, 1828 Pleuronectes nigromanus Nilsson, 1829 Platessa
Witch_(righteye_flounder)
Species of fish
1913 Pleuronectes arnoglossus Bloch & Schneider, 1801 Pleuronectes conspersus Canestrini, 1861 Pleuronectes diaphanus Shaw, 1803 Pleuronectes laterna
Mediterranean_scaldfish
Species of fish
Binomial name Hippoglossoides platessoides (O. Fabricius, 1780) Synonyms Pleuronectes limandoides Bloch, 1787 Pleuronectes platessoides O. Fabricius, 1780
American_plaice
Species of fish
Marbled flounder Shiroshita Karei, Pleuronectes yokohamae Conservation status Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1) Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum:
Marbled_flounder
Species of fish
Alaska plaice (Pleuronectes quadrituberculatus) is a saltwater fish that live in the North Pacific Ocean. Alaska plaice are right-eye flounders which live
Alaska_plaice
Species of fish
Species: P. nasuta Binomial name Pegusa nasuta (Pallas, 1814) Synonyms Pleuronectes nasutus Pallas, 1814 Pegusa impar nasuta (Pallas, 1814) Solea lascaris
Blackhand_sole
Pedestrian and vehicle tunnel in Hamburg, Germany
different items like litter and rats, too. Old boot and rats Plaice (Pleuronectes platessa) Sturgeon (Acipenser sturio) (New) Elbe Tunnel "Informationen
Elbe_Tunnel_(1911)
Species of fish
Species: A. achirus Binomial name Achirus achirus Linnaeus, 1758 Synonyms Pleuronectes achirus Linnaeus, 1758 Monochirus lineatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1824 Monochir
Achirus_achirus
Species of fish
maeoticus (Pallas, 1814) Synonyms List Bothus maeoticus (Pallas, 1814) Pleuronectes maeoticus Pallas, 1814 Psetta maeotica (Pallas, 1814) Psetta maxima subsp
Scophthalmus_maeoticus
Species of fish
Synonyms List of synonyms Pleuronectes erumei Bloch & Schneider, 1801 Hippoglossus goniographicus Richardson, 1846 Pleuronectes nalaka Cuvier, 1829 Hippoglossus
Psettodes_erumei
Genus of fishes
Pleuronectinae Genus: Pseudopleuronectes Bleeker, 1862 Type species Pleuronectes planus Mitchill, 1814 Synonyms Gareus Hubbs, 1915 Limandella Jordan &
Pseudopleuronectes
(Rock Sole) Lepidopsetta polyxystra (Northern Rock Sole) Genus Pleuronectes Pleuronectes quadrituberculatus (Alaska Plaice) Genus Limanda Limanda aspera
List_of_fishes_of_Alaska
Subfamily of fishes
Isopsetta Lepidopsetta Limanda Liopsetta Myzopsetta Parophrys Platichthys Pleuronectes Psettichthys Pseudopleuronectes Evseenko, Sergei A. (February 2004).
Pleuronectinae
Species of fish
both sides of the body. The yellowfin sole was originally described as Pleuronectes asper by Pallas in 1814, and subsequently as Limanda asprella by Hubbs
Yellowfin_sole
Species of fish
Girard, 1854 Range of the English sole Synonyms Pleuronectes vetulus (Girard, 1854) Parophrys hubbardii Gill, 1862 Pleuronectes digrammus Günther, 1862
English_sole
Book by Carl Linnaeus
Cottus (sculpins), Scorpaena (scorpionfishes), Zeus (john dories), Pleuronectes (flatfishes), Chaetodon (butterflyfishes), Sparus (breams and porgies)
10th edition of Systema Naturae
10th_edition_of_Systema_Naturae
Species of fish
Soleidae Genus: Solea Species: S. solea Binomial name Solea solea (Linnaeus, 1758) Synonyms Pleuronectes solea Linnaeus, 1758 Solea vulgaris Quensel, 1806
Common_sole
Species of fish
Paralichthyidae Genus: Paralichthys Species: P. dentatus Binomial name Paralichthys dentatus (Linnaeus, 1766) Synonyms Pleuronectes dentatus Linnaeus, 1766
Summer_flounder
Species of fish
1758) Synonyms Platophrys lunatus (Linnaeus, 1758) Pleuronectes argus Bloch, 1783 Pleuronectes lunatus Linnaeus, 1758 Rhomboidichthys lunatus (Linnaeus
Plate_fish
Genus of flounders
species, †Limanda asperoides (Nazarkin, 1997) (originally described in Pleuronectes) is also known from the Middle Miocene of Sakhalin, Russia. Vinnikov
Limanda
Suborder of fishes
the most famous intergeneric hybrids are between the European plaice (Pleuronectes platessa) and European flounder (Platichthys flesus) in the Baltic Sea
Flatfish
Species of fish
1855) Synonyms Platessa bilineata Ayres, 1855 Pleuronectes bilineatus (Ayres, 1855) Platichthys umbrosus Girard, 1856 Pleuronectes perarcuatus Cope, 1873
Rock_sole
Species of flatfish in the family Scophthalmidae
maximus (Linnaeus, 1758) Synonyms List Pleuronectes cyclops Donovan, 1806 Pleuronectes maximus Linnaeus, 1758 Pleuronectes turbot Lacepède, 1802 Psetta maxima
Turbot
Inner-ear structure in vertebrates which detects acceleration
Retrieved 2007-04-07. Bos, A.R. (1999). "Tidal transport of flounder larvae (Pleuronectes flesus) in the River Elbe, Germany". Journal of Applied Ichthyology.
Otolith
Extinct genus of fishes
1796 by Giovanni Serafino Volta as a specimen of the European plaice (Pleuronectes platessa), an identification retained in an 1818 revision by de Blainville
Amphistium
Species of fish
1913 Synonyms Kyleia thori (Kyle, 1913) Arnoglossus thory Kyle, 1913 Pleuronectes grohmanni Bonaparte, 1837 Arnoglossus moltonii Torchio, 1961 Arnoglossus
Thor's_scaldfish
Genus of bivalves
(Amusium) laurentii F †Pecten (Amussium) donaiensis F †Pleuronectes elongatus F †Pleuronectes vulsu F A number of extinct Amusium species were either
Amusium
Genus of flagellate algae
seen organisms matching Phacus, in 1773; he named his organism Cercaria pleuronectes and placed it in the genus Cercaria. However, Christian Ludwig Nitzsch
Phacus
Species of fish
name Dicologlossa cuneata (É. Moreau, 1881) Synonyms Solea cuneata Moreau, 1881 Pleuronectes angulatus Guichenot, 1850 Solea cleverleyi Gilchrist, 1906
Wedge_sole
Genus of fishes
Carangiformes Suborder: Pleuronectoidei Family: Soleidae Genus: Brachirus Swainson, 1839 Type species Pleuronectes orientalis Bloch & Schneider, 1801
Brachirus
Animal population estimation method
ecological study in 1896 by C.G. Johannes Petersen to estimate plaice, Pleuronectes platessa, populations. Sufficient time should be allowed to pass for
Mark_and_recapture
Species of fish
1814 Peloria heckelii Cocco, 1844 Platophrys podas (Delaroche, 1809) Pleuronectes podas Delaroche, 1809 Rhomboidichthys podas (Delaroche, 1809) Rhombus
Bothus_podas
Species of crustacean
flatfish, with the European flounder (Platichthys flesus), the plaice (Pleuronectes platessa), and the dab (Limanda limanda) as the most frequent hosts.
Lepeophtheirus_pectoralis
Species of fish
1808) Synonyms Pleuronectes variegatus Donovan, 1808 Monochirus variegatus (Donovan, 1808) Solea variegata (Donovan, 1808) Pleuronectes microchirus Delaroche
Thickback_sole
Genus of fishes
Pleuronectoidei Family: Pleuronectidae Subfamily: Hippoglossinae Genus: Hippoglossus G. Cuvier, 1816 Type species Pleuronectes hippoglossus Linnaeus, 1758
Hippoglossus
Species of fish
Buglossidium luteum (A. Risso, 1810) Range of the solenette Synonyms Pleuronectes luteus Risso, 1810 Monochirus luteus (Risso, 1810) Rhombus luteus (Risso
Solenette
Species of fish
Scophthalmidae Genus: Scophthalmus Species: S. aquosus Binomial name Scophthalmus aquosus (Mitchill, 1815) Synonyms Pleuronectes aquosus Mitchill, 1815
Windowpane_flounder
Platichthys flesus (Linnaeus, 1758) European flounder Native Least concern Pleuronectes platessa (Linnaeus, 1758) European plaice Native Least concern Family:
List of fishes of the North Sea
List_of_fishes_of_the_North_Sea
Species of fish
& Schlegel, 1846) Synonyms Platessa cornuta Temminck & Schlegel, 1846 Pleuronectes cornutus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846) Pleuronichthys lighti Wu, 1929
Ridged-eye_flounder
the 1950s, but had decreased to 10–20 tonnes by the 1980s. The plaice (Pleuronectes platessa) is one of Sweden's most important food fishes. It is common
List_of_fishes_of_Sweden
(Rødtunge) European flounder, Platichthys flesus (Skrubbe) European plaice, Pleuronectes platessa (Rødspætte) Solenette, Buglossidium luteum (Glastunge) Dover
List_of_fishes_of_Denmark
Genus of fishes
Subfamily: Cynoglossinae Genus: Paraplagusia Bleeker, 1865 Type species Pleuronectes bilineatus Bloch, 1787 Synonyms Rhinoplagusia Bleeker, 1870 Usinostia
Paraplagusia
Species of fish
monopus Günther 1862: Rhombosolea flesoides Günther 1863 (original combination) Pleuronectes victoriae Castelnau 1872 Rhombosolea victoriae Macleay 1881
Greenback_flounder
Species of fish
L. boscii Binomial name Lepidorhombus boscii (Risso, 1810) Synonyms Pleuronectes boscii Risso, 1810 Arnoglossus boscii (Risso, 1810) Hippoglossus boscii
Lepidorhombus_boscii
Etropus microstomus (smallmouth flounder) Paralichthys dentatus (fluke) Pleuronectes ferruginea (yellowtail flounder) Pseudopleuronectes americanus (winter
List of animals of Long Island Sound
List_of_animals_of_Long_Island_Sound
Genus of fishes
Order: Carangiformes Suborder: Pleuronectoidei Family: Scophthalmidae Genus: Lepidorhombus Günther, 1862 Type species Pleuronectes megastoma Donovan, 1804
Lepidorhombus
Genus of fishes
Order: Carangiformes Suborder: Pleuronectoidei Family: Paralichthyidae Genus: Paralichthys Girard, 1858 Type species Pleuronectes maculosus Girard 1854
Paralichthys
Arnoglossus thori Bothus podas Citharus linguatula Platichthys flesus Pleuronectes platessa Lepidorhombus boscii Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis Psetta maxima
List of fishes of the Mediterranean Sea
List_of_fishes_of_the_Mediterranean_Sea
Species of fish
Species: P. lascaris Binomial name Pegusa lascaris (Risso, 1810) Synonyms Pleuronectes lascaris Risso, 1810 Solea lascaris (Risso, 1810) Solea scriba Valenciennes
Sand_sole
Species of fish
Species: H. oblonga Binomial name Hippoglossina oblonga (Mitchill, 1815) Synonyms Paralichthys oblongus (Mitchill, 1815) Pleuronectes oblongus Mitchill, 1815
Hippoglossina_oblonga
Genus of fishes
Pleuronectoidei Family: Scophthalmidae Genus: Zeugopterus Gottsche, 1835 Type species Pleuronectes hirtus Müller, 1789 Synonyms Phrynorhombus Günther, 1862
Zeugopterus
Species of fish
Limanda herzensteini Jordan & Snyder, 1901 Pleuronectes herzensteini (Jordan & Snyder, 1901) Pleuronectes japonicus Herzenstein, 1890 Limanda angustirostris
Yellow_striped_flounder
Annachlamys striatula Ostrea minuta – Haumea minuta Ostrea pleuronectes – Amusium pleuronectes Ostrea obliterata – Dentamussium obliterata Ostrea radula
Vermes in the 10th edition of Systema Naturae
Vermes_in_the_10th_edition_of_Systema_Naturae
Species of annelid worm
the European flounder (Platichthys flesus) and the European plaice (Pleuronectes platessa). Hediste diversicolor has been found to have a deleterious
Hediste_diversicolor
Species of starfish
were also collected in the trawls: the scallops Amusium balloti and A. pleuronectes. Scallops would seem to be difficult prey for slow-moving starfish with
Acanthaster_brevispinus
Genus of fishes
Family: Scophthalmidae Genus: Scophthalmus Rafinesque, 1810 Type species Pleuronectes rhombus Linnaeus, 1758 Synonyms Lophopsetta Gill, 1861 Psetta Swainson
Scophthalmus
Species of fish
isolepis Binomial name Isopsetta isolepis (Lockington, 1880) Synonyms Lepidopsetta isolepis Lockington, 1880 Pleuronectes isolepis (Lockington, 1880)
Butter_sole
Microstomus kitt European flounder, Platichthys flesus European plaice, Pleuronectes platessa Greenland halibut, Reinhardtius hippoglossoides Family Scophthalmidae
List_of_fishes_of_Ireland
Species of fish
bicoloratus (Basilewsky, 1855) Synonyms Platessa bicolorata Basilewsky, 1855 Kareius bicoloratus (Basilewsky, 1855) Pleuronectes scutifer Steindachner, 1870
Stone_flounder
Genus of fishes
retained the genus named Synaptura for this group and he designated Pleuronectes commersonnii as its type species. This designation is incorrect according
Synaptura
Microstomus kitt European flounder, Platichthys flesus European plaice, Pleuronectes platessa Greenland halibut, Reinhardtius hippoglossoides Deepwater sole
List of fishes of Great Britain
List_of_fishes_of_Great_Britain
Extinct genus of fishes
by Volta (1796) as a fossil specimen of the European plaice (synonym Pleuronectes quadratulus), and later officially described as Rhombus minimus by Agassiz
Eobothus
(2001) Comparable age determination in different bony structures of Pleuronectes flesus luscus Pallas, 1811 inhabiting the Black Sea. Turk J Zool 25:441–446
Age_determination_in_fish
Species of fish
proboscidea Gilbert, 1896 Synonyms Myzopsetta proboscidea (Gilbert, 1896) Pleuronectes proboscidea (Gilbert, 1896) Pleuronectes proboscideus (Gilbert, 1896)
Longhead_dab
Family of fishes
Early Oligocene–present PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N European plaice, Pleuronectes platessa Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata
Pleuronectidae
Filipino politician
Experimental culture and particle filtration by Asian moon scallops, Amusium pleuronectes. Asian Fisheries Science 7:179-185. "Vincent S. Pérez, Jr. | Leaders
Vincent_S._Perez
Nature reserve in Kennebunk, Maine, US
longhorn sculpin (Myoxocephalus octodecimspinosus), and winter flounder (Pleuronectes americanus). The Webhannet River has native species such as winter flounder
Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge
Rachel_Carson_National_Wildlife_Refuge
americana) Windowpane flounder (Scophthalmus aquosus) Winter flounder (Pleuronectes americanus) Yellowtail flounder (Limanda ferruginea) Despite popular
Marine life of New York–New Jersey Harbor Estuary
Marine_life_of_New_York–New_Jersey_Harbor_Estuary
Limanda limanda European flounder, Platichtys flesus trachurus European plaice, Pleuronectes platessa E. Ojaveer, E. Pihu, T. Saat. Fishes of Estonia, 2003.
List_of_fishes_of_Estonia
Species of fish
Pleuronectidae Genus: Liopsetta Species: L. pinnifasciata Binomial name Liopsetta pinnifasciata (Kner, 1870) Synonyms Pleuronectes pinnifasciatus Kner, 1870
Far_Eastern_smooth_flounder
Species of fish
The American smooth flounder (Pleuronectes putnami) is a flatfish of the family Pleuronectidae. It is a demersal fish that inhabits shallow inshore salt
American_smooth_flounder
Species of fish
(Bloch, 1787) Pleuronectes citharus Spinola, 1807 Pleuronectes linguatula Linnaeus, 1758 Pleuronectes macrolepidotus Bloch, 1787 Pleuronectes patarachia
Citharus
Species of gastropod
T., 1939 Monetaria mercatorium Rochebrune, A.-T. de, 1884 Monetaria pleuronectes Rochebrune, A.-T. de, 1884 Monetaria plumaria Rochebrune, 1884 Monetaria
Monetaria_moneta
Technique for marking animals
"Freeze-Branding of flatfish: flounder, Platichthys flesus, and plaice, Pleuronectes platessa". Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United
Freeze_brand
British scientist and scientific illustrator
active fisheries scientist who collected extensive datasets on plaice (Pleuronectes platessa) in the North Sea, and who gave several memorable interviews
Dorothy_Thursby-Pelham
Family of fishes
risk and endogenous rhythmicity on the behaviour of juvenile plaice, Pleuronectes platessaL". Animal Behaviour. 50 (1): 41–52. doi:10.1006/anbe.1995.0219
Scophthalmidae
Genus of fishes
Pleuronectoidei Family: Achiridae Genus: Achirus Lacépède, 1802 Type species Pleuronectes achirus Linnaeus, 1758 Synonyms Anathyridium Chabanaud, 1928 Baiostoma
Achirus
Commercial activity of cultivating (farming) scallops
America) Pecten maximus (China) Amusium balloti (Australia) Amusium pleuronectes (Philippines) Chlamys varia (northern Europe) Chlamys islandica (northern
Scallop_aquaculture
Genus of gastropods
1884: synonym of Monetaria obvelata perrieri Rochebrune, 1884 Monetaria pleuronectes Rochebrunne, 1884: synonym of Monetaria moneta (Linnaeus, 1758) Monetaria
Monetaria
Regulation of fishing
the population dynamics and yield characteristics of Alaska plaice, Pleuronectes quadrituberculatus, in the eastern Bering Sea". Fisheries Research. 41
Fisheries_management
Genus of fishes
Pleuronectidae Subfamily: Microstominae Genus: Glyptocephalus Gottsche, 1835 Type species Pleuronectes saxicola Faber, 1828 Synonyms Tanakius Hubbs 1918
Glyptocephalus
'great northern tilefish' Micropogonias undulatus, 'Atlantic croaker' Pleuronectes putnami, 'smooth flounder' Pomatomus saltatrix, 'bluefish' Family Sparidae
Southern New England Algonquian cuisine
Southern_New_England_Algonquian_cuisine
PLEURONECTES
PLEURONECTES
PLEURONECTES
PLEURONECTES
Girl/Female
Arabic
Aristocratic Lady
Girl/Female
Hindu
Radha
Girl/Female
American, Arabic, Bengali, British, English, Greek, Gujarati, Hawaiian, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Sanskrit, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu
The Fine Arts; Art; Miracle; Phases of Moon; Princess; Most Beautiful
Female
Finnish
Finnish form of Russian Olga, OILI means "dedicated to the gods; holy."
Boy/Male
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Jain, Kannada, Marathi
Saint; Ruling Well; Strict in Religious Vows
Girl/Female
Australian, French, Latin
Blackbird
Girl/Female
Arabic, German, Muslim
Noble; Kind; Returning; Visitor
Boy/Male
Anglo Saxon
Gives.
Girl/Female
Latin
Feminine of Darius; a Persian royal name.
Girl/Female
Tamil
Goddess Lakshmi, Auspicious, Luster, Prosperity, Pratham, Shrestha
PLEURONECTES
PLEURONECTES
PLEURONECTES
PLEURONECTES
PLEURONECTES
n.
A European food fish (Pleuronectes platessa), allied to the flounder, and growing to the weight of eight or ten pounds or more.
n.
A thin, spotted American turbot (Pleuronectes maculatus) remarkable for its translucency. It is not valued as a food fish. Called also spotted turbot, daylight, spotted sand flounder, and water flounder.
n.
A name given to several species of flounders, esp. to the European species, Pleuronectes limanda. The American rough dab is Hippoglossoides platessoides.
n.
Any fish of the family Pleuronectidae; esp., the winter flounder (Pleuronectes Americanus). The flatfishes have the body flattened, swim on the side, and have eyes on one side, as the flounder, turbot, and halibut. See Flounder.