Poecilopsettidae
Poecilopsettidae | |
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Poecilopsetta hawaiiensis | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Pleuronectiformes |
Family: | Poecilopsettidae Norman, 1934 |
Type genus | |
Poecilopsetta Günther, 1880
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The Poecilopsettidae are a family of flatfish in the order Pleuronectiformes, comprising three genera and 21 species.[1][2] Species are typically demersal, living on marine bottoms at depths between 60 and 500 m (200 and 1,640 ft) in the Indo-Pacific and northwestern Atlantic; the deepest recorded occurrence is 1,636 m (5,367 ft) in the deepwater dab, Poecilopsetta beanii. Sizes range from 9 to 19 cm (3.5 to 7.5 in) in length, though most species are usually under 15 cm (5.9 in) long. Diets consist of zoobenthos.[3]
In some traditional classifications, the group was recognisied as subfamily Poecilopsettinae in the family Pleuronectidae.[4][5]
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References[]
- ^ Nelson, J. S. (2006). Fishes of the World (4 ed.). Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-0-471-25031-9.
- ^ J. S. Nelson; T. C. Grande; M. V. H. Wilson (2016). Fishes of the World (5th ed.). Wiley. p. 752. ISBN 978-1-118-34233-6.
- ^ Evseenko, Sergei A. (February 2004). "Family Pleuronectidae Cuvier 1816 — righteye flounders" (PDF). Calif. Acad. Sci. Annotated Checklists of Fishes. 37: 37pp. Retrieved 2011-08-02.
- ^ J. A. Cooper and F. Chapleau (1998). "Monophyly and intrarelationships of the family Pleuronectidae (Pleuronectiformes), with a revised classification". Fish. Bull. 96 (4): 686–726.
- ^ "Pleuronectidae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2 April 2006.
Categories:
- Pleuronectidae
- Fish subfamilies
- Pleuronectiformes stubs