Virgin Islands (US) country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Three paratypes of P. albomarginata taken from the country (Ref. 36347).
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Main Ref: Hoshino, K., 2000
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> Pleuronectiformes (Flatfishes) > Poecilopsettidae (Bigeye flounders)
Etymology: Poecilopsetta: Greek, poikilos = with a lot of colours + Greek, psetta = grouper (Ref. 45335).

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecología

marino batidemersal; rango de profundidad 182 - 793 m (Ref. 41434). Deep-water; 23°N - 4°N, 89°W - 51°W

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Western Central Atlantic: Tobago Island and Suriname (Ref. 26912); and Belize (Ref. 41434).

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 11.5 cm SL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 36347)

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Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 58 - 64; Radios blandos anales: 49 - 55. Pectoral fin rays ocular side 7-12, blind 7-10. Pelvic fin rays on both sides 6. Body somewhat oval. Head small, compressed (21.8-27.8% SL). Mouth oblique, small, almost asymmetrical on both sides. Scales small, deciduous, on ocular side mostly ctenoid, cycloid on cleithrum and urohyal; blind side cycloid. Snout, eyes, jaws, and dorsal, anal, and pelvic fins without scales. Four longitudinal series of melanophores (present as spots) on ocular side, six series on blind side.

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Hoshino, K., 2000. Redescription of a rare flounder, Poecilopsetta inermis (Breder) (Pleuronectiformes: Pleuronectidae: Poecilopsettinae), a senior synonym of P. albomarginata Reid, from the Caribbean Sea and tropical western Atlantic. Ichthyol. Res. 47(1):95-100. (Ref. 36347)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 12 October 2018

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Poecilopsetta inermis (Breder, 1927)