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zanzibarensis, Poecilopsetta Norman [J. R.] 1939:102, Fig. 33 [Scientific Reports, John Murray Expedition v. 7 (no. 1); ref. 6556] Near Zanzibar, Tanzania, western Indian Ocean, station 106, depth 183-194 meters. Holotype: BMNH (130 - spec. from sta. 106). Paratypes (incl. holotype): (23) BMNH 1939.5.24.1777-1784 (8?), 1939.5.24.1785-1792 (8?), 1939.5.24.1793 (1); MNHN 1976-0404 [ex BMNH] (1, poor condition); USNM 109506 [ex BMNH] (1). Type catalog: Desoutter et al. 2001:314 [ref. 25922]. •Valid as Poecilopsetta zanzibarensis Norman 1939 -- (Sakamoto 1984:210 [ref. 5273], Quéro et al. 1988:329 [ref. 12837], Hoshino 2000:98 [ref. 24485], Hoshino et al. 2000:268 [ref. 24804], Hoshino et al. 2001:80 [ref. 25689], Guibord & Chapleau 2001:1085 [ref. 25825], Evseenko 2004:18 [ref. 27606], Kawai & Amaoka 2006:266 [ref. 28777], Kawai at al. 2010:196 [ref. 30791], Hensley & Amaoka 2022:361 [ref. 40233]). Current status: Valid as Poecilopsetta zanzibarensis Norman 1939. Poecilopsettidae. Distribution: Western Indian Ocean: East Africa (Mozambique, Tanzania, Kenya), ?Saya de Malha Bank. Habitat: marine.


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