| Remo flounder | |
|---|---|
| |
Scientific classification 
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Carangiformes |
| Family: | Pleuronectidae |
| Genus: | Oncopterus |
| Species: | O. darwinii
|
| Binomial name | |
| Oncopterus darwinii Steindachner, 1874
| |
The Remo flounder, Oncopterus darwinii, is an edible flatfish of the family Pleuronectidae. It is a demersal fish that lives on bottoms at depths of between 20 and 80 metres (66 and 262 ft). Its native habitat is the southwestern Atlantic[1] along the southeast coast of South America, from Santa Catarina, Brazil in the north to the San Matías Gulf, Argentina in the south. It can reach 30 centimetres (12 in) in length.[2]
- ^ Evseenko, Sergei A. (February 2004). "Family Pleuronectidae Cuvier 1816 — righteye flounders" (PDF). Calif. Acad. Sci. Annotated Checklists of Fishes. 37: 37pp. Retrieved 2011-08-02.
- ^ Ed. Rainer Froese and Daniel Pauly (5 June 2009). "Oncopterus darwinii". Fishbase. Retrieved 2009-06-18.