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Family: Poecilopsettidae Bigeye flounders



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21 species (see list below)
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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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