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.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Flatfishes
Family: Pleuronectidae
Genus: Poecilopsetta
Maximum length: 10.7 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: deep_bodied
Distribution: Western Atlantic: New England, USA south through the Gulf of Mexico to Campeche, Mexico; off the Central American coast to northern Colombia and northern Brazil; Cuba and St. Kitts.
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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