| Poecilopsetta | |
|---|---|
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| Poecilopsetta plinthus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Pleuronectiformes |
| Family: | Pleuronectidae |
| Subfamily: | Poecilopsettinae |
| 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
References
- 1 2 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Poecilopsetta in FishBase. October 2012 version.
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