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Title: Larval Stage Flounder, Indonesia
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A larval flounder (ocellated flounder: Peudorhombus dupliciocellatus), drifting in open water as part of the plankton before settling on the seabed as an adult. At this stage of life flatfish still have their eyes on opposite sides of their bodies. Bitung, North Sulawesi, Indonesia. Lembeh Strait, Molucca Sea
- Bitung
- blackwater
- Bony Fishes: Osteichthyes
- Fishes
- Indonesia
- larval
- Lembeh Strait
- Marine Life
- Molucca Sea
- North Sulawesi
- ocellated flounder: Peudorhombu dupliciocellatus
- pelagic
- plankon
- Sand Flounders: Paralichthyidae
- South East Asia
- tropical
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