Species Poecilopsetta macrocephala Hoshino, Amaoka & Last, 2001

• Poecilopsetta macrocephala Hoshino, K., Amaoka, K. & Last, P. 2001. A new dextral flounder, Poecilopsetta macrocephala (Pisces: Pleuronectiformes: Poecilopsettidae) from northern Australia. Species Diversity 6: 73-81 [73-81, Figs. 1-3].

  Type data:

   Holotype CSIRO H.5213–01 (female), off north-western Australia, 555m [18°46'S, 116°19'E].
  Paratype(s) CSIRO H.5213–02 (female and male), off north-western Australia, 555m [18°46'S, 116°19'E]; CSIRO H.5214–01 (male), off north-western Australia, 550m [18°46'S, 116°23'E]; CSIRO H.5215–01 (female), off north-western Australia, 555m [18°45'S, 116°23'E]; HUMZ 164274–75 (2 males), off north-western Australia, 550m [18°46'S, 116°23'E].

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Northwest Shelf off Port Hedland (18°46'S, 116°19'E) to northwest of Browse Island (13°47'S, 123°18'E), WA; tropical

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Timor Province (2), Northwest Transition (3)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental slope.

Extra Ecological Information

387-555m

 

General References

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

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. [1835]

 

Common Name References

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

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
08-Jul-2015	PLEURONECTOIDEI	23-Jun-2015	MODIFIED	Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM)
		27-Jul-2010	MODIFIED