21. Placement of the cut is made to preserve the greatest amount of flatfish flesh. 22. Dungeness crab, clams and flatfish are abundant. 23. Flatfish are benthic fish with a negative buoyancy so they can rest on the seafloor.24. These small flatfishes only reach in length. 25. In winter, it feeds on benthic prey, mostly flatfish , under dense pack ice. 26. The exception may be the flatfish , which are laterally depressed but lie on their sides. 27. "' Paralichthodinae "'is a subfamily of flatfish in the Pleuronectidae family. 28. They are a commercially important flatfish which lives on the sandy bottoms of the European shelf. 29. Bothus ocellatus, a species of warm-water flatfish , is remarkably adept at camouflaging itself. 30. Mino said fishermen are concerned that the oil might damage oysters and flatfish cultured in the area.
