Poecilopsetta dorsialta Guibord & Chapleau, 2001

Andréfouët, Serge, Chen, Wei-Jen, Kinch, Jeff, Mana, Ralph, Russell, Barry C., Tully, Dean & White, William T., 2019, Checklist of the marine and estuarine fishes of New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean, with 810 new records, Zootaxa 4588 (1), pp. 1-360 : 316

Poecilopsetta dorsialta Guibord & Chapleau, 2001 —Highdorsal flounder ( Fig. 157 )

Status at New Ireland. New record, based on NTUM material (1 specimen, St. CP 4439-11, northeast of New Hanover; 2 specimens, St. CP 4446-2-3, north of New Hanover ).

Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 1.—General distribution: Philippines to Papua New Guinea. Found on sand bottom, 247–1000 m depth. Marine.

Figures

FIGURE 157. Poecilopsetta dorsialta Guibord & Chapleau, 2001, St. CP4439-11, northeast of New Hanover, 534–650 m depth (NTUM uncat.) (photograph by Jhen-Nien Chen, taken immediately after collection).