Pleuronectidae

smooth flounder

Liopsetta putnami

Pleuronectid Fish of the Atlantic Ocean

• Temperate
• Northern Hemisphere
• Regional distribution
• Atlantic Ocean
• North America
• Medium
• Temperate fish

The American smooth flounder (Pleuronectes putnami) is a flatfish of the family Pleuronectidae. It is a demersal fish that inhabits shallow inshore salt and brackish waters at depths of up to 27 metres (89 ft). Its native habitat is the temperate waters of the northwestern Atlantic, from Ungava Bay in Quebec, Canada to Rhode Island, United States.