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Poecilopsetta colorata  Günther, 1880

Coloured righteye flounder
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Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) > Pleuronectiformes (Flatfishes) > Pleuronectidae (Righteye flounders) > Poecilopsettinae
Etymology: Poecilopsetta: Greek, poikilos = with a lot of colours + Greek, psetta = grouper (Ref. 45335).   More on author: Günther.

Environment / Climate / Range Ecology

Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 214 - 800 m (Ref. 9792).   Deep-water, preferred ?

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Indo-West Pacific: Bay of Bengal to the South China Sea and Indonesia (Ref. 9792).

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 17.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 9792)

Short description Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal soft rays (total): 56-61; Anal soft rays: 46 - 50; Vertebrae: 38 - 39. Body depth 1.9 to 2.6 times in SL. Upper-jaw length 3 to 3.5 times in head length (Ref 12933).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Rare. Feeds on small benthic animals.

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Gloerfelt-Tarp, T. and P.J. Kailola, 1984. Trawled fishes of southern Indonesia and northwestern Australia. Australian Development Assistance Bureau, Australia, Directorate General of Fishes, Indonesia, and German Agency for Technical Cooperation, Federal Republic of Germany. 407 p. (Ref. 5978)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)

CITES (Ref. 94142)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless




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Fisheries: of no interest
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