Poecilopsettidae

The Poecilopsettidae are a family of flatfish, comprising three genera and 21 species.

[1][2] Species are typically demersal, living on marine bottoms at depths between 60 and 500 m (200 and 1,640 ft) in the Indo-Pacific and northwestern Atlantic; the deepest recorded occurrence is 1,636 m (5,367 ft) in the deepwater dab, Poecilopsetta beanii.

Diets consist of zoobenthos.

[3] In some traditional classifications, the group was recognisied as subfamily Poecilopsettinae in the family Pleuronectidae.

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