Poecilopsetta colorata Gunther, 1880

Chakraborty, R D, Maheswarudu, G, Ratheesh, K R, Sreesanth, L & Ragesh, N, 2022, A new record of right eyed deep-sea flat fish Poecilopsetta colorata Gunther, 1880 (Pleuronectiformes: Pleuronectidae) from the Arabian Sea, Indian Journal of Geo Marine Sciences 51 (11), pp. 930-932 : 930-931

Poecilopsetta colorata Gunther, 1880 ( Fig. 1a, b )

Poecilopsetta colorata, GUNTHER, 1880 , Shore Fishes 'Challenger', p. 48, pI. XXII, fig. B; NORMAN, 1927, Rec Ind Mus, XXIX, p. 41; WEBER & BEAUFORT, 1929, Fish Indo-Austral Arch, V, p. 136.

Poecilopsetta maculosa, ALCOCK, 1894 , J Asiat Soc Bengal, LXIII (2), p. 130, pI. VII fig. 1; 1895, Il1ust Zool 'Investigator', Fishes, pI. XV, fig. 1; 1896, J Asiat Soc Bengal, LXV (2), p. 328.

Boopsetta maculosa, ALCOCK, 1899 , Cat Indian Deep-Sea Fish, p. 127.

? Boopsetta praelonga, BRAUER, 1906 , ‘ Valdivia’ Tiefsee -Fische, p. 295.

Boopsetta praelonga (part), SEWELL, 1912, Rec Ind Mus, VII, p. 10 Hab. Gulf of Manar; Andaman Sea; Northwest of Sumatra (?).

? Boopsetta maculosa, Weber, 1913 , Siboga -Exped Monogr, 57, p. 434.

Poecilopsetta colorata, Chen et al., 2016 , 9, p. 83, Fig. 2.

Material examined

Southwestern Arabian Sea; Sakthikulangara, Quilon Bank, Kerala, India, 200 – 300 m depth, February 2019, 4 specimens (TL: 143 – 201 mm) including 1 voucher specimen, TL: 143 mm, SL: 118, Body depth: 58 mm, and eye diameter 0.9 mm. Voucher specimen (Accession number: GB.33.7.91), submitted to the Marine Biodiversity Referral Museum at Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute.

Coloration

The adult is uniform silvery with dark fins while the juveniles are spotted with eyes on the right side ( Fig. 1 ).

Distribution

The species is distributed from India to the South China Sea and Indonesia. Depth range 200 – 800 m.

Figures

Fig. 1 — Poecilopsetta colorata Gunther, 1880, specimen (SL: 118 mm): a) Lateral view of the adult specimen, and b) Lateral view of the juvenile P. colorata; collected in Southeastern Arabian Sea, Sakthikulangara fishing port, Kerala coast, India; depth of 200 – 300 m