Poecilopsetta Explained

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.

Species

The currently recognized species in this genus are:

• 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