Elmer J. Gutherz
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LOCATION: Pascagoula, MS, United States
Division Chief, Resource Assessment Surveys, National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, Pascagoula, Mississippi. Researcher on the biology of a variety of marine fishes.
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Pleuronectiform, (order Pleuronectiformes), any one of about 680 species of bony fishes characterized by oval-shaped, flattened bodies as in the flounder, halibut, and turbot. The pleuronectiforms are unique among fishes in being asymmetrical. They are strongly compressed, with both eyes on one…
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