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Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Pleuronectiformes
Family: Pleuronectidae Righteye flounders
Subfamily: Poecilopsettinae
Genus: Poecilopsetta

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15 species (see list below)

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Western Indian Ocean
Max. Length 14 cm TL
 
Poecilopsetta albomaculata
[]

Photo by NOAA\NMFS\Mississippi Laboratory

Western Atlantic
Max. Length 10.7 cm SL
Poecilopsetta beanii (Goode, 1881)

Photo by NOAA\NMFS\Mississippi Laboratory
 
Poecilopsetta beanii
[Deepwater dab]

Photo by Gloerfelt-Tarp, T.

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 17 cm TL
Poecilopsetta colorata Günther, 1880

Photo by Gloerfelt-Tarp, T.
 
Poecilopsetta colorata
[Coloured righteye flounder]
No picture found
Western Central Pacific
Max. Length 11.2 cm SL
 
Poecilopsetta dorsialta
[]
No picture found
Eastern Central Pacific
 
Poecilopsetta hawaiiensis
[]
No picture found
Western Central Atlantic
Max. Length 11.5 cm SL
 
Poecilopsetta inermis
[]
No picture found
Eastern Indian Ocean
Max. Length 10.2 cm SL
 
Poecilopsetta macrocephala
[]

Photo by Kawai, Amaoka & Séret

Pacific Ocean
Max. Length 155 cm SL
Poecilopsetta multiradiata Kawai, Amaoka & Séret, 2010

Photo by Kawai, Amaoka & Séret
 
Poecilopsetta multiradiata
[]

Photo by The Fish Database of Taiwan

Western Indian Ocean
Max. Length 15 cm TL
Poecilopsetta natalensis Norman, 1931

Photo by The Fish Database of Taiwan
 
Poecilopsetta natalensis
[African righteye flounder]
No picture found
Western Indian Ocean
Max. Length 13.7 cm TL
 
Poecilopsetta normani
[]
No picture found
Western Pacific
Max. Length 15.9 cm SL
 
Poecilopsetta pectoralis
[]

Photo by Reyes, R.B.

Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 19 cm TL
Poecilopsetta plinthus (Jordan & Starks, 1904)

Photo by Reyes, R.B.
 
Poecilopsetta plinthus
[Tile-colored righteye flounder]

Photo by FAO

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 17.5 cm TL
Poecilopsetta praelonga Alcock, 1894

Photo by FAO
 
Poecilopsetta praelonga
[Alcock's narrow-body righteye flounder]
No picture found
Western Indian Ocean. Mo
 
Poecilopsetta vaynei
[]
No picture found
Western Indian Ocean
 
Poecilopsetta zanzibarensis
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15 Species of Family Pleuronectidae with Genus Poecilopsetta
(Righteye flounders)
Sort by: Species Length Year
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Year Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm)
1939 Poecilopsetta albomaculata Western Indian Ocean 14 TL
1881 Poecilopsetta beanii Deepwater dab Western Atlantic 10.7 SL
1880 Poecilopsetta colorata Coloured righteye flounder Indo-West Pacific 17 TL
2001 Poecilopsetta dorsialta Western Central Pacific 11.2 SL
1905 Poecilopsetta hawaiiensis Eastern Central Pacific
1927 Poecilopsetta inermis Western Central Atlantic 11.5 SL
2001 Poecilopsetta macrocephala Eastern Indian Ocean 10.2 SL
2010 Poecilopsetta multiradiata Pacific Ocean 155 SL
1931 Poecilopsetta natalensis African righteye flounder Western Indian Ocean 15 TL
1992 Poecilopsetta normani Western Indian Ocean 13.7 TL
2006 Poecilopsetta pectoralis Western Pacific 15.9 SL
1904 Poecilopsetta plinthus Tile-colored righteye flounder Northwest Pacific 19 TL
1894 Poecilopsetta praelonga Alcock's narrow-body righteye flounder Indo-West Pacific 17.5 TL
1988 Poecilopsetta vaynei Western Indian Ocean. Mo
1939 Poecilopsetta zanzibarensis Western Indian Ocean



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