Bothus
Bothus | |
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B. mancus
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Pleuronectiformes |
Family: | Bothidae |
Genus: | Bothus Rafinesque, 1810 |
Type species | |
Bothus rumolo Rafinesque, 1810
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Species | |
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Bothus is a genus of flatfish in the family Bothidae (lefteye flounders) from the Pacific, Indian and Atlantic Oceans. Some species in this genus have spots consisting of blue rings.
Species
There are currently 17 recognized species in this genus:[1]
- Bothus assimilis (Günther, 1862)
- Bothus constellatus (D. S. Jordan, 1889) (Pacific eyed flounder)
- Poey, 1860)
- Bothus guibei Stauch, 1966 (Guinean flounder)
- Bothus leopardinus (Günther, 1862) (Pacific leopard flounder)
- Bothus lunatus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Plate fish)
- Poey, 1860) (Mottled flounder)
- Bothus mancus (Broussonet, 1782) (Flowery flounder)
- Bothus mellissi Norman, 1931 (St. Helena flounder)
- , 1846) (Indo-Pacific oval flounder)
- Bothus ocellatus (Agassiz, 1831) (Eyed flounder)
- Bothus pantherinus (Rüppell, 1830) (Leopard flounder)
- Delaroche, 1809) (Wide-eyed flounder)
- Bothus robinsi Topp & F. H. Hoff, 1972 (Twospot flounder)
- Bothus swio Hensley, 1997
- Bothus tricirrhitus Kotthaus, 1977
- Bothus ypsigrammus Kotthaus, 1977
References
- ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2024). Species of Bothus in FishBase. March 2024 version.