Winter Flounder

Pseudopleuronectes americanus

to 25" and 8 lbs.
usually much smaller

Profile by
Paul G. Scarlett,
Principal Fisheries Biologist
Bureau of Marine Fisheries

Common Name:
Winter Flounder,
also called Flounder, Blackback, Black
Flounder, Georges Bank Flounder, Lemon
Sole, Sole, Flatfish, Rough Flounder, and Mud Dab