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Poecilopsetta Günther, 1880

AphiaID

158905 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158905)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Poecilopsettinae Norman, 1934

Synonymised names

Alaeops Jordan & Starks, 1904 · unaccepted

Boopsetta Alcock, 1896 · unaccepted

Paralimanda Breder, 1927 · unaccepted

Poecylopsetta · unaccepted (misspelling)

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Species Poecilopsetta albomaculata Norman, 1939
Species Poecilopsetta beanii (Goode, 1881)
Species Poecilopsetta colorata Günther, 1880
Species Poecilopsetta dorsialta Guibord & Chapleau, 2001
Species Poecilopsetta hawaiiensis Gilbert, 1905
Species Poecilopsetta inermis (Breder, 1927)
Species Poecilopsetta macrocephala Hoshino, Amaoka & Last, 2001
Species Poecilopsetta multiradiata Kawai, Amaoka & Séret, 2010
Species Poecilopsetta natalensis Norman, 1931
Species Poecilopsetta normani Foroshchuk & Fedorov, 1992
Species Poecilopsetta pectoralis Kawai & Amaoka, 2006
Species Poecilopsetta plinthus (Jordan & Starks, 1904)
Species Poecilopsetta praelonga Alcock, 1894
Species Poecilopsetta vaynei Quéro, Hensley & Maugé, 1988
Species Poecilopsetta zanzibarensis Norman, 1939
Species Poecilopsetta albomarginata Reid, 1934 accepted as Poecilopsetta inermis (Breder, 1927)
Species Poecilopsetta beani (Goode, 1881) accepted as Poecilopsetta beanii (Goode, 1881)
Species Poecilopsetta bicolorata von Bonde, 1922 accepted as Marleyella bicolorata (von Bonde, 1922)
Species Poecilopsetta maculosa Alcock, 1894 accepted as Poecilopsetta colorata Günther, 1880
Species Poecilopsetta megalepis Fowler, 1934 accepted as Poecilopsetta plinthus (Jordan & Starks, 1904) (synonym)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Günther, A. (1880). Report on the shore fishes procured during the voyage of H. M. S. Challenger in the years 1873-1876. In: Report on the scientific results of the voyage of H. M. S. Challenger during the years 1873-76. Zoology. v. 1 (pt 6): 1-82, Pls. 1-32., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/145825 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Poecilopsetta Günther, 1880. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158905 on 2025-05-05

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-05-27 09:47:05Z

created

Appeltans, Ward

2008-04-07 07:52:50Z

changed

Decock, Wim

2013-03-11 14:35:28Z

checked

Bailly, Nicolas

2014-11-21 13:09:37Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description Günther, A. (1880). Report on the shore fishes procured during the voyage of H. M. S. Challenger in the years 1873-1876. In: Report on the scientific results of the voyage of H. M. S. Challenger during the years 1873-76. Zoology. v. 1 (pt 6): 1-82, Pls. 1-32., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/145825 [details]

original description (of Boopsetta Alcock, 1896) Alcock, A. W. (1896). Natural history notes from H. M. Indian marine survey steamer `Investigator,' Commander C. F. Oldham, R. N., commanding. Series II. No. 23. A supplementary list of the marine fishes of India, with descriptions of two new genera and eight new species. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. v. 65 (pt 2, No. 3): 301-338. [details]

original description (of Paralimanda Breder, 1927) Breder, C.M.Jr. (1927). Scientific results of the first oceanographic expedition of the "Pawnee" 1925. Fishes. Bulletin of the Bingham Oceanographic Collection Yale University. 1 (art. 1): 1-90. [details]

basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]

Taxonomy

taxonomy source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco. Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]