natalensis, Poecilopsetta Norman [J. R.] 1931:426 [Treubia, Buitenzorg v. 13; ref. 16316] Off KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, southwestern Indian Ocean, depth 188 fathoms. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1922.3.27.7. •Valid as Poecilopsetta natalensis Norman 1931 -- (Amaoka in Okamura et al. 1982:301, 408 [ref. 8256], Sakamoto 1984:210 [ref. 5273], Heemstra 1986:864 [ref. 5660], Quéro et al. 1988:322 [ref. 12837], Li & Wang 1995:266 [ref. 16193], Adam et al. 1998:15 [ref. 23610], Fricke 1999:572 [ref. 24106], Hoshino 2000:98 [ref. 24485], Hoshino et al. 2000:268 [ref. 24804], Amaoka in Randall & Lim 2000:645 [ref. 25122], Hensley 2001:3873 [ref. 26313], Hoshino et al. 2001:80 [ref. 25689], Guibord & Chapleau 2001:1081 [ref. 25825], Evseenko 2004:17 [ref. 27606], Kawai & Amaoka 2006:266 [ref. 28777], Hoese & Bray 2006:1835 [ref. 29000], Fricke et al. 2009:114 [ref. 30213], Ho et al. 2009:11 [ref. 31461], Kawai at al. 2010:196 [ref. 30791], Chen et al. 2016:4 [ref. 34791], Fricke et al. 2018:368 [ref. 35805], Hensley & Amaoka 2022:360 [ref. 40233], Ummath et al. 2024:[9] [ref. 41632]). Current status: Valid as Poecilopsetta natalensis Norman 1931. Poecilopsettidae. Distribution: Western Indian Ocean: KwaZulu-Natral (South Africa), East Africa, Madagascar and western Mascarenes (La Réunion) east to Maldives; western Pacific: ?Taiwan. Habitat: marine.