WEI-JEN CHEN2018-09-102018-09-102016-10http://mbr.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s41200-016-0084-8http://scholars.lib.ntu.edu.tw/handle/123456789/397638https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85075806146&doi=10.1186%2fs41200-016-0084-8&partnerID=40&md5=57e659fadfd056880261fddee6f4bfaaBackground: The coloured righteye flounder, Poecilopsetta colorata Günther, 1880 was previously known from the eastern Indian Ocean to the South China Sea and Indonesia. Here, a new record from the western Indian Ocean is reported. Results: The new record is based on a specimen collected on the Sakalaves seamounts at 375 m in depth in the Mozambique Channel during a recent oceanographic survey. Four other teleost fish species including an uncommon ophidiid species, Neobythites somaliaensis Nielsen, 1995 were also collected on the same seamounts. Conclusions: The presence of P. colorata in the Mozambique Channel suggests a broad and Indo-West Pacific wide distribution for this relatively rare deep-sea species. The sequence of the cytochrome oxidase subunit-I for the collected specimen is provided as a genetic reference for further DNA barcoding and systematic studies. © 2016 The Author(s). Open Access This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International LicenseCOI; Distribution; Fishes; Mozambique Channel; New record; PAMELA-MOZ01 cruise; Sakalaves seamounts; Western Indian Oceanjournal article10.1186/s41200-016-0084-82-s2.0-85075806146