This order contains four families. Examples: flatfish such as sole, turbot, dab, plaice, brill, etc.

这一目有科。类型是：蝶鱼、比目鱼、鞋底鱼、大比目鱼等。

In life, Fortey says, most of them probably simply lay upon the surface of the sandy sediment, like soft, structureless and inanimate flatfish.

“在生活中，”福泰说，“它大多数很可能趴在砂质沉积物的表面，像没有固定形状、毫无生气、软绵绵的比目鱼那样。”

Although the pressure at that depth was nearly 17,000 pounds per square inch, they noticed with surprise that they disturbed a bottom-dwelling flatfish just as they touched down.

虽然在那个深度压力达到了每平方厘米将近1200千克，但他地注意到，碰着底部时动了生活在海底的比目鱼。

Certain species like cod and flatfish have a reduced metabolic rate in these times and produce molecules in their bodily fluids that lower their freezing point so they don't freeze.

某些物种，如鳕鱼和比目鱼，在这段时间内代谢率降低，并在体液中产生降低冰点的分子，因此它不会结冰。