Species Poecilopsetta praelonga Alcock, 1894

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• Poecilopsetta praelonga Alcock, A.W. 1894. Natural history notes from H.M. Indian Marine Survey Steamer Investigator, Commander C.F. Oldham, R.N., commanding. Series 2(11). An account of a recent collection of bathybial fishes from the Bay of Bengal and from the Laccadive Sea. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 63(2,2): 115-137 pls 6-7 [130, pl.7 (fig.2)].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) ZSI F13733-34 (2 specimens.), Off Colombo, Sri Lanka. 142-400 fathoms or southwest of Ceylon, 180-217 fathoms
  Comment: ZSI F.61/1 is not the holotype.

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Northwest of Port Hedland (18°59'S, 117°10'E) to northeast of Scott Reefs (13°38'S, 122°42'E), WA, possibly to Arafura Sea north of Darwin; tropical, Indo-west Pacific.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Province (2), Northwest Transition (3)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental slope, soft bottom.

Extra Ecological Information

216-700m

 

General References

Evseenko, S.A. 1996. Ontogeny and relationships of the flatfishes of the Southern Ocean (Achiropsettidae, Pleuronectoidei). Voprosy Ikhtiologii 36(6): 725-752 [in Russian, translated in Journal of Ichthyology 36(9): 687-712] [727]

Evseenko, S.A. 2004. Family Pleuronectidae Cuvier 1816 — righteye flounders. California Academy of Sciences Annotated Checklists of Fishes 37: 1-37 [17]

Gloerfelt-Tarp, T. & Kailola, P.J. 1984. Trawled Fishes of Southern Indonesia and Northwest Australia. Jakarta : Dir. Gen. Fish. (Indonesia), German Tech. Coop., Aust. Dev. Ass. Bur. 406 pp. [277]

Hensley, D.A. 2001. Pleuronectidae. pp. 3863-3877 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, T.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 6 pp. 3381-4218. [3874]

Hoese, D. F. & Bray, D.J. 2006. Pleuronectidae. pp. 1831-1837 in Hoese, D.F., Bray, D.J., Paxton, J.R. & Allen, G.R. Fishes. In, Beesley, P.L. & Wells, A. (eds) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 35. Volume 35 Australia : ABRS & CSIRO Publishing Parts 1-3, 2178 pp. [1836]

Hoshino, K., Amaoka, K. & Last, P. 2000. Description of transformation larvae and a juvenile of the dextral flounder, Poecilopsetta praelonga (Pleuronectidae, Poecilopsettinae) from northwestern waters of Australia. Ichthyological Research 47(3): 263-270 figs 1-5 [263]

Hoshino, K., Amaoka, K. & Last, P. 2001. A new dextral flounder, Poecilopsetta macrocephala (Pisces: Pleuronectiformes: Poecilopsettidae) from northern Australia. Species Diversity 6: 73-81 [80]

Hutchins, J.B. 2001. Checklist of the fishes of Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 63: 9-50 [46]

Norman, J.R. 1934. A Systematic Monograph of the Flatfishes (Heterosomata) Psettodidae, Bothidae, Pleuronectidae. London : British Museum Vol. 1 459 pp. 317 figs. [392]

Sakamoto, K. 1984. Interrelationships of the Family Pleuronectidae (Pisces: Pleuronectiformes). Memoirs of the Faculty of Fisheries, Hokkaido University 31(1,2): 95-215 figs 1-51 [210]

 

Common Name References

Hensley, D.A. 2001. Pleuronectidae. pp. 3863-3877 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, T.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 6 pp. 3381-4218. [3874] (FAO) (Alcock's Narrowbody Righteye Flounder)

Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Narrowbody Righteye Flounder)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
08-Jul-2015	PLEURONECTOIDEI	01-Jul-2015	MODIFIED	Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM)
		27-Jul-2010	MODIFIED