The Turbot.

I am a Turbot flatfish, unique in many ways,

I neverlook down, gaze into the blue

that's how I spend my days.

I'm born S, Maximus, to other fish akin,

but then aquire my differences

when metamorphosis sets in.

That's when I become a Dextral flatfish

assuming that liflong guise,

by lying on my left side, the best way I find wise.

I am a Cephalopod, I hide in camouflage state

keeping as still as the seabed

untill my food must meet it's fate.

My wider family includes, the Atlantic Hallibut and Dab,

the Flounder, the Plaice and the humble Sole

all worthy of the fisherman's grab.

I live the wholeworld over, though I never leave that pond

whereMother 'plaiced' offspring

to each ocean I did bond.

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The Turbot lives in every ocean on earth. And is one of the most sought after for a 'Fishy' meal.

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