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Flounder is the common name for several species of flat sea fish. It differs from other fish by its strongly flattened body and the placement of eyes on one side. Turning upward side is more brightly colored, and it has fins. Has the ability to mimicry. In the process of development from an egg to an adult swims as all normal fish. However, when reaching maturity, the flounder gradually lies down on its side, and its eyes move to the other side. It lives at the bottom of the sea, and some go into rivers. Flounder is fished for its tasty meat. Turbola (Rhombus maximus), found in the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea; flounder (Rh. maceoticus), in the Black Sea and Sea of Azov; gloss (Platessa flesus), in all European seas; sole (Solea vulgaris), in the North Sea; sea tongue (Solea nasuta), in the Mediterranean, Black Sea and Sea of Azov. In the North of Russia, along the Murman, and in Kamchatka the commercial fish of this family is halibut (Hippoglossus vulgaris), reaching 3 m in length. The yellow-bellied flounder is a sea bottom fish that avoids desalinated waters and sticks to the cold and temperate waters of the Pacific. Spawning begins in March-April and ends in May. It reaches commercial size in the fifth year of life. By winter, the flounder migrates south and to deeper waters.