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Poecilopsetta

Poecilopsetta is a genus of small righteye flounders mainly found in deep water in the Indo-Pacific. Two species, P. beanii and P. inermis, are from the West Atlantic.

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Poecilopsetta
Poecilopsetta plinthus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Carangiformes
Suborder: Pleuronectoidei
Family: Poecilopsettidae
Genus: Poecilopsetta
Günther, 1880
Type species
Poecilopsetta colorata
Günther, 1880

Poecilopsetta is a genus of small righteye flounders mainly found in deep water in the Indo-Pacific. Two species, P. beanii and P. inermis, are from the West Atlantic.1

Species

The currently recognized species in this genus are:1

  • Poecilopsetta albomaculata Norman, 1939
  • Poecilopsetta beanii (Goode, 1881) (deepwater dab)
  • Poecilopsetta colorata Günther, 1880 (colored righteye flounder)
  • Poecilopsetta dorsialta Guibord & Chapleau, 2001
  • Poecilopsetta hawaiiensis C. H. Gilbert, 1905
  • Poecilopsetta inermis (Breder, 1927)
  • Poecilopsetta macrocephala Hoshino, Amaoka & Last, 2001
  • Poecilopsetta multiradiata Kawai, Amaoka & Séret, 2010
  • Poecilopsetta natalensis Norman, 1931 (African righteye flounder)
  • Poecilopsetta normani Foroshchuk & Fedorov, 1992
  • Poecilopsetta pectoralis Kawai & Amaoka, 2006
  • Poecilopsetta plinthus (D. S. Jordan & Starks, 1904) (tile-colored righteye flounder)
  • Poecilopsetta praelonga Alcock, 1894 (Alcock's narrow-body righteye flounder)
  • Poecilopsetta vaynei Quéro, Hensley & Maugé, 1988
  • Poecilopsetta zanzibarensis Norman, 1939
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