praelonga, Poecilopsetta Alcock [A. W.] 1894:130 [16], Pl. 7 (fig. 2) [Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal v. 63 (pt 2); ref. 90] Off Colombo, Sri Lanka, Investigator station 151, depth 142-400 fathoms, or southwest of Sri Lanka, station 204, depth 180-217 fathoms. Syntypes: ZSI F13733 -34 (2). Not ZSI F61/1 (1). Type catalog: Menon & Rama-Rao 1975:45 [ref. 22148], Talwar 1977:638 [ref. 26599] On p. 16 of separate. Figured in Alcock 1895: Pl. 15 (fig. 2) [ref. 20532]. •Valid as Poecilopsetta praelonga Alcock 1894 -- (Sakamoto 1984:210 [ref. 5273], Quéro et al. 1988:329 [ref. 12837], Li & Wang 1995:264 [ref. 16193], Evseenko 1996:727 [ref. 24666], Hoshino 2000:98 [ref. 24485], Hoshino et al. 2000:263 [ref. 24804], Amaoka in Randall & Lim 2000:645 [ref. 25122], Hensley 2001:3874 [ref. 26313], Hoshino et al. 2001:80 [ref. 25689], Uyeda & Sasaki 2001:417 [ref. 25795], Guibord & Chapleau 2001:1081 [ref. 25825], Hutchins 2001:46 [ref. 25847], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S122 [ref. 27377], Evseenko 2004:17 [ref. 27606], Kawai & Amaoka 2006:266 [ref. 28777], Hoese & Bray 2006:1836 [ref. 29000], Kawai at al. 2010:196 [ref. 30791], Chen et al. 2016:4 [ref. 34791], Gloerfelt-Tarp & Kailola 2022:285 [ref. 41223], Hensley & Amaoka 2022:361 [ref. 40233], Ummath et al. 2024:[9] [ref. 41632]). Current status: Valid as Poecilopsetta praelonga Alcock 1894. Poecilopsettidae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Sri Lanka east to Taiwan and Timor Sea, south to northern Western Australia. Habitat: marine.