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submitted 6 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 days ago (6 children)

I appreciate that information. However, flounders themselves are not bilaterally symmetrical. I have caught many dozens of them and it's pretty easy to tell that they are not.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 days ago (5 children)

Flounders are born symmetrical; eye migration happens as they transition to the juvenile stage of growth.

[–] BreadOven 2 points 6 days ago (3 children)

Isn't it referring to during development? Like as they're forming, they are bilateral? I haven't taken developmental biology in many years, so I'm maybe wrong.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago

They're only bilateral when they're very young. And even then, everyone is just focusing on the eyes. The body of the fish is also not exactly bilateral. Just fillet a flounder of any age (or watch a video on it) and you'll see.

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