A similar character also appears in the Soleidae, but is never covered by lower lip in that family; soleids do not occur in the Neotropics.
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Soleid
Synonyms for "soleid"
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Larvae of the flatfish family Soleidae most closely resemble tonguefish larvae but the smaller jaws and more attenuated body shape in cynoglossids serves to distinguish them from larval soleids.
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The oldest soleids, Eobuglossus eocenicus and Turahbuglossus cuvillieri, both known from single specimens from the Upper Lutetian of Egypt (Chabanaud 1937; Chanet 1994, 1997), are also among the first known flatfish fossils and they are identical to skeletons of recent soleids.
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