Pleuronectidae

deepwater dab

Poecilopsetta beanii

Ten Point Seven Centimeters Pleuronectid Fish

• Regional distribution
• Marine fish
• Atlantic Ocean
• Central America and the Caribbean
• Europe
• North America
• South America
• Deep-bodied
• Small

The deepwater dab (Poecilopsetta beanii) is a species of flatfish in the family Poecilopsettidae. It is a bathydemersal fish that lives on bottoms at depths of 155 to 1,636 m (509 to 5,367 ft). It can reach 10.7 cm (4.2 in) in length.