Arctic flounder

{{Short description|Species of fish}}

{{Speciesbox

| name = Arctic flounder

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref ={{cite iucn |author=Freyhof, J. |author2=Kottelat, M. |date=2008 |title=Liopsetta glacialis |volume=2008 |page=e.T135574A4150043 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T135574A4150043.en |access-date=19 November 2021}}

| image = Liopsetta glacialis.jpg

| taxon = Liopsetta glacialis

| authority = (Pallas, 1776)

| synonyms = *Pleuronectes glacialis Pallas, 1776

• Pleuronectes cicatricosus Pallas, 1814
• Platessa dwinensis Lilljeborg, 1851
• Pleuronectes franklinii Günther, 1862

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The Arctic flounder (Liopsetta glacialis), also known as the Christmas flounder, eelback flounder and Polar plaice, is a flatfish of the family Pleuronectidae. It is a demersal fish that lives on coastal mud bottoms in salt, brackish and fresh waters at depths of up to {{convert|90|m|ft}}. Its native habitat is the polar waters of the northeastern Atlantic and Arctic oceans, from the White and Barents seas to the coasts of Siberia in Russia and Queen Maud Gulf in Canada, and from the Chuckchi and Bering seas to Bristol Bay in Alaska and the northern Sea of Okhotsk. It can grow up to {{convert|35|cm|in}} in length.{{cite web|url=http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=4244 |title=Liopsetta glacialis|accessdate=2011-08-08 |editor1= Rainer Froese |editor2= Daniel Pauly |date=6 October 2010 |work=Fishbase |archiveurl= |archivedate= }}