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Family: Poecilopsettidae Bigeye flounders



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21 species (see list below)
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Photo by SFSA

Western Indian Ocean
Max. Length 19 cm TL
Marleyella bicolorata (von Bonde, 1922)

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Marleyella bicolorata
[Comb flounder]
No picture found

Max. Length 10.4 cm TL
 
Marleyella maldivensis
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 9 cm TL
 
Nematops grandisquama
[Large-scale righteye flounder]
No picture found

Max. Length 15 cm TL
 
Nematops macrochirus
[Narrow-body righteye flounder]
No picture found

Max. Length 10 cm TL
 
Nematops microstoma
[Small-mouth righteye flounder]
No picture found

Max. Length 9.5 cm SL
 
Nematops nanosquama
[]
No picture found

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)

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Poecilopsetta beanii
[Deepwater dab]

Photo by Gloerfelt-Tarp, T.

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

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Poecilopsetta colorata
[Coloured righteye flounder]
No picture found

Max. Length 11.2 cm SL
 
Poecilopsetta dorsialta
[]
No picture found
 
Poecilopsetta hawaiiensis
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 11.5 cm SL
 
Poecilopsetta inermis
[]
No picture found

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

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Poecilopsetta multiradiata
[]

Photo by The Fish Database of Taiwan

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

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Poecilopsetta natalensis
[African righteye flounder]
No picture found

Max. Length 13.7 cm TL
 
Poecilopsetta normani
[]
No picture found

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)

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Poecilopsetta plinthus
[Tile-colored righteye flounder]

Photo by FAO

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

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Poecilopsetta praelonga
[Alcock's narrow-body righteye flounder]
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Poecilopsetta vaynei
[]
No picture found
 
Poecilopsetta zanzibarensis
[]


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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Marleyella bicolorata Comb flounder Western Indian Ocean 19 TL 1922
Marleyella maldivensis Western Indian Ocean 10.4 TL 1939
Nematops grandisquama Large-scale righteye flounder Indo-West Pacific 9 TL 1929
Nematops macrochirus Narrow-body righteye flounder Indo-West Pacific 15 TL 1931
Nematops microstoma Small-mouth righteye flounder Southwest Pacific 10 TL 1880
Nematops nanosquama Central Pacific 9.5 SL 2006
Poecilopsetta albomaculata Western Indian Ocean 14 TL 1939
Poecilopsetta beanii Deepwater dab Western Atlantic 10.7 SL 1881
Poecilopsetta colorata Coloured righteye flounder Indo-West Pacific 17 TL 1880
Poecilopsetta dorsialta Western Central Pacific 11.2 SL 2001
Poecilopsetta hawaiiensis Eastern Central Pacific 1905
Poecilopsetta inermis Western Central Atlantic 11.5 SL 1927
Poecilopsetta macrocephala Eastern Indian Ocean 10.2 SL 2001
Poecilopsetta multiradiata Pacific Ocean 155 SL 2010
Poecilopsetta natalensis African righteye flounder Western Indian Ocean 15 TL 1931
Poecilopsetta normani Western Indian Ocean 13.7 TL 1992
Poecilopsetta pectoralis Western Pacific 15.9 SL 2006
Poecilopsetta plinthus Tile-colored righteye flounder Northwest Pacific 19 TL 1904
Poecilopsetta praelonga Alcock's narrow-body righteye flounder Indo-West Pacific 17.5 TL 1894
Poecilopsetta vaynei Western Indian Ocean. Mo 1988
Poecilopsetta zanzibarensis Western Indian Ocean 1939



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