On Food and Cooking

Lefteye 115 (Scophthalmus)

Flounder,

Righteye^90

Halibuts    (Hippoglossus,

Reinhardtius),  plaice

(Pleuronectes), flounders

(Platichthys,

Pseudopleuronectes)

Sole 120 True   soles   (Solea, Pegusa)

Puffer 120 Pufferfish,  fugu    (Fugu); blowfish

(Sphoeroides,   Tetraodon)

Sunfish 3 Mola  (Mola)

Adapted  from    J.  S.  Nelson,    Fishes  of  the

World,  3d  ed. (New    York:   Wiley,  1994).

Carp and Catfish

The freshwater carp family arose in east
Europe and west Asia, and is now the largest
family of fish on the planet. Some of the same
characteristics that have made them so
successful — the ability to tolerate stagnant