Flatfish
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Flatfish are a group of ray-finned fish belonging to the suborder Pleuronectoidei of the order Carangiformes. Their collective common name is due to their habit of lying on one side of their laterally
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Illustration of several common European flatfish species
Winter flounder; Pleuronectidae
Zebrias zebra; Soleidae
Mariana Trench
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The Mariana Trench is the deepest oceanic trench on Earth, located in the western Pacific Ocean, about 200 kilometers east of the Mariana Islands. It is crescent-shaped and measures about 2,550 km in
Flatfish
…have been confirmed from the abyssal or hadal zones of the deep sea; a reported observation of a flatfish from the Bathyscaphe Trieste's dive into the Mariana Trench (at a depth of almost 11 km (36,000 ft)) has been questioned by ichthyologists, and recent authorities do not recognize it as valid. Among the deepwater…
The bathyscaphe Trieste (designed by Auguste Piccard), the first crewed vehicle to reach the bottom of the Mariana Trench