Poecilopsetta praelonga Alcock, 1894
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.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Poecilopsetta praelonga Alcock, 1894
- Name authority
- Alcock, 1894
- 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 praelonga Alcock, 1894
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 |
| deepwater dabPoecilopsetta beanii (Goode, 1881) | 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 |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Boopsetta umbrarum Alcock, 1896 Alcock, 1896 | 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.
- Alcock, A. W. (1894). Natural history notes from H. M. Indian marine survey steamer `Investigator,’, Commander C. F. Oldham, R. N., commanding. Series II., No. 11. An account of a recent collection of bathybial fishes from the Bay of Bengal and from the Laccadive Sea. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, v. 63 (pt 2): 115–137, Pls. 6–7. [Also as a separate, pp. 1–23, with original pagination at bottom.]. 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:4KTX9. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.