Poecilopsetta normani Foroshchuk & Fedorov, 1992

Voronina, Elena P. & Volkova, Galina A., 2019, Annotated catalogue of type specimens of flatfishes (Osteichthyes: Pleuronectiformes) in the Zoological Institute, St. Petersburg, Russia, Zootaxa 4695 (3), pp. 253-282 : 277

Poecilopsetta normani Foroshchuk & Fedorov, 1992 ( Fig. 25 )

Vopr. Ikhtiol., 32 (2): 11, fig.

Current status: Poecilopsetta normani Foroshchuk & Fedorov, 1992 .

Holotype: ZIN 49132 Indian Ocean , Saya de Malha Bank, 11 o 12′S, 62 o 16′E, 255–270 m, FV «Yel’sk», tr. 14, 24.10.1977, collector V.P.Foroshchuk.

Paratypes: ZIN 49133 (2) Indian Ocean , Saya de Malha Bank, 11 o 12′S, 62 o 16′E, 255–270 m, FV «Yel’sk», tr. 14, 24.10.1977, collector V.P.Foroshchuk ; ZIN 49134 (1) Indian Ocean , Saya de Malha Bank, 11 o 08′S, 62 o 10′E, 265–270 m, FV «Yel’sk», tr. 15, 24.10.1977, collector V.P.Foroshchuk ; ZIN 49135 (1) Indian Ocean , Saya de Malha Bank, FV «Kometa Galleya», July 1987, collector R.M.Gadzhikurbanov.

Juvenile paratype specimens (SL<85 mm): ZIN 49136 (1) Indian Ocean , Saya de Malha Bank, 11 o 13′S, 62 o 19′E, 240–250 m, FV «Yel’sk», tr. 11, 23.10.1977, collector V.P.Foroshchuk ; ZIN 49137 (1) Indian Ocean , Saya de Malha Bank, 11 o 12′S, 62 o 16′E, 255–270 m, FV «Yel’sk», tr. 14, 24.10.1977, collector V.P.Foroshchuk ; ZIN 49138 (1) Indian Ocean , Saya de Malha Bank, 11 o 42′S, 62 o 00′E, 245–247 m, FV «Yel’sk», tr. 20, 25.10.1977, collector V.P.Foroshchuk ; ZIN 49139 (1) Indian Ocean , Saya de Malha Bank, 11 o 42′S, 62 o 06′E, 251 m, FV «Yel’sk», tr. 28, 26.10.1977, collector V.P.Foroshchuk ; ZIN 49140 (1) Indian Ocean , Saya de Malha Bank, 11 o 45′S, 61 o 55′E, 245–250 m, FV «Yel’sk», tr. 105, 07.11.1977, collector V.P.Foroshchuk ; ZIN 49141 (3) Indian Ocean , Saya de Malha Bank, 11 o 42′S, 62 o 01′E, 235–250 m, FV «Yel’sk», tr. 109, 07.11.1977, collector V.P.Foroshchuk.

Remarks: Unknown specimen of Poecilopsetta sp. ( Fig. 26 ) is mistakenly presented as the photograph of the holotype in the original paper. Its appearance differs considerably from that of the holotype and the paratypes of Poecilopsetta normani inventoried and curated in ZIN ( Fig. 25 ). In particular, there is no dark colour on the pectoral fin of the eyed side in Poecilopsetta sp. Moreover, the length of this specimen is 127 mm SL according to the scale bar and to the comment on the back side of the original photograph. This reported length is much larger than the length of the holotype (95 mm SL) indicated in the text and the table presented in the original description. Length, morphometrics and counts of actual holotype are the same as those in the text of the original description ( Table 2 ) suggesting a mistake in the photograph only, but not in the description of the holotype. The specimen of Poecilopsetta sp. ( Fig. 26 ) is not found in the ZIN collection. One paratype specimen from ZIN 49133 was sent to the MNHN (MNHN 2019-0041)

Figures

FIGURE 25. Poecilopsetta normani. Holotype ZIN 49132, photo—(A) and radiograph (B); paratypes ZIN 49133 (C), ZIN 49134 (D), ZIN 49135 (E).

FIGURE 26. Original photograph of Poecilopsetta sp., presented as photograph of holotype in description of Poecilopsetta normani (Foroshchuk, Fedorov, 1992).