Dover sole
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Dover sole refers to two species of flatfish
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Flatfish
The flatfish are an order of ray-finned fish, 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...
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- The common sole, Solea solea, found in European waters, the "Dover sole" of European cookery.
- Microstomus pacificusMicrostomus pacificusDover sole, Microstomus pacificus, is a Pacific flatfish of the flounder family which ranges from Baja California to the Bering Sea. It takes its name from a resemblance to the common sole of Europe, which is often called a 'Dover sole'....
, found in the northeastern Pacific and called "Dover sole" along the Pacific coast of America.