Oncopteridae

Remo flounder

Oncopterus darwinii

Thirty Point Four Centimeters Oncopterid Fish from the Brazilian Coast

• Tropical
• Regional distribution
• Marine fish
• Atlantic Ocean
• South America
• Deep-bodied
• Medium
• Tropical fish

The Remo flounder, Oncopterus darwinii, is an edible flatfish of the monotypic family Oncopteridae. 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 along the southeast coast of South America, from Santa Catarina, Brazil in the north to the San Matías Gulf, Argentina in the south.