Poecilopsetta is a genus of small righteye flounders mainly found in deep water in the Indo-Pacific. Two species, P. beanii and P. inermis, are from the West Atlantic.

Species

The currently recognized species in this genus are:

• Poecilopsetta albomaculata Norman, 1939

• Poecilopsetta beanii (Goode, 1881) (deepwater dab)

• Poecilopsetta colorata Günther, 1880 (colored righteye flounder)

• Poecilopsetta dorsialta Guibord & Chapleau, 2001

• Poecilopsetta hawaiiensis C. H. Gilbert, 1905

• Poecilopsetta inermis (Breder, 1927)

• Poecilopsetta macrocephala Hoshino, Amaoka & Last, 2001

• Poecilopsetta multiradiata Kawai, Amaoka & Séret, 2010

• Poecilopsetta natalensis Norman, 1931 (African righteye flounder)

• Poecilopsetta normani Foroshchuk & Fedorov, 1992

• Poecilopsetta pectoralis Kawai & Amaoka, 2006

• Poecilopsetta plinthus (D. S. Jordan & Starks, 1904) (tile-colored righteye flounder)

• Poecilopsetta praelonga Alcock, 1894 (Alcock's narrow-body righteye flounder)

• Poecilopsetta vaynei Quéro, Hensley & Maugé, 1988

• Poecilopsetta zanzibarensis Norman, 1939

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