deepwater dab
Poecilopsetta beanii (Goode, 1881)
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
The deepwater dab (Poecilopsetta beanii) is a species of flatfish in the family Poecilopsettidae. It is a bathydemersal fish that lives on bottoms at depths of 155 to 1,636 m (509 to 5,367 ft). It can reach 10.7 cm (4.2 in) in length. Its native habitat is the western Atlantic and Caribbean, from New England, USA, south through the Gulf of Mexico to Campeche, Mexico, and from the coast of Brazil to northern Colombia, the Leeward Islands, Windward Islands, and Cuba.
Wikipedia contributors, Deepwater dab; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T03:32:55.838479+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Poecilopsetta beanii (Goode, 1881)
- Name authority
- (Goode, 1881)
- Common name
- deepwater dab
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Pleuronectiformes
- Family
- Pleuronectidae
- Genus
- Poecilopsetta
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderPleuronectiformes
- suborderPleuronectoidei
- familyPleuronectidae Rafinesque, 1815
- subfamilyPoecilopsettinae Norman, 1934
- genusPoecilopsetta Günther, 1880
- speciesPoecilopsetta beanii (Goode, 1881)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Poecilopsetta. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Poecilopsetta macrocephala Hoshino, Amaoka & Last, 2001 | PleuronectidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Poecilopsetta multiradiata Kawai, Amaoka & Séret, 2010 | PleuronectidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Poecilopsetta albomaculata Norman, 1939 | PleuronectidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Poecilopsetta colorata Günther, 1880 | PleuronectidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Poecilopsetta dorsialta Guibord & Chapleau, 2001 | PleuronectidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Poecilopsetta hawaiiensis Gilbert, 1905 | PleuronectidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Poecilopsetta inermis (Breder, 1927) | PleuronectidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| African righteye flounderPoecilopsetta natalensis Norman, 1931 | PleuronectidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Poecilopsetta normani Foroshchuk & Fedorov, 1992 | PleuronectidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Poecilopsetta pectoralis Kawai & Amaoka, 2006 | PleuronectidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Poecilopsetta plinthus (Jordan & Starks, 1904) | PleuronectidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Poecilopsetta praelonga Alcock, 1894 | PleuronectidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Limanda beanii Goode, 1881 Goode, 1881 | synonym |
| Poecilopsetta beani (Goode, 1881) (Goode, 1881) | synonym |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=275847 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:4KTWT. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.