''Bothus'' is a genus of
flatfish
A flatfish is a member of the Ray-finned fish, ray-finned demersal fish order (biology), order Pleuronectiformes, also called the Heterosomata, sometimes classified as a suborder of Perciformes. In many species, both eyes lie on one side of the ...
in the family
Bothidae
Bothidae or lefteye flounders are a family of flounders. They are called "lefteye flounders" because most species lie on the sea bottom on their right sides, with both eyes on their left sides. The family is also distinguished by the presence of ...
(lefteye flounders) from the Pacific, Indian and Atlantic Oceans. Some species in this genus have spots consisting of blue rings.
Species
There are currently 16 recognized species in this genus:
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Bothus assimilis''
( Günther, 1862)
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Bothus constellatus''
( D. S. Jordan, 1889) (Pacific eyed flounder)
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Bothus ellipticus''
( Poey, 1860)
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Bothus guibei''
Stauch, 1966 (Guinean flounder)
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Bothus leopardinus''
( Günther, 1862) (Pacific leopard flounder)
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Bothus lunatus''
( Linnaeus, 1758) (Plate fish)
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Bothus maculiferus
''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 16 recognized species in this ...
''
( Poey, 1860) (Mottled flounder)
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Bothus mancus''
(Broussonet
Pierre Marie Auguste Broussonet (28 February 1761 – 17 January 1807) was a French naturalist who contributed primarily to botany. He was born in Montpellier, where he was educated, and travelled to Morocco, Spain, the Canary Islands, and Souther ...
, 1782) (Flowery flounder)
* ''
Bothus mellissi''
Norman
Norman or Normans may refer to:
Ethnic and cultural identity
* The Normans, a people partly descended from Norse Vikings who settled in the territory of Normandy in France in the 10th and 11th centuries
** People or things connected with the Norm ...
, 1931 (St. Helena flounder)
* ''
Bothus myriaster''
(Temminck
Coenraad Jacob Temminck (; 31 March 1778 – 30 January 1858) was a Dutch aristocrat, zoologist and museum director.
Biography
Coenraad Jacob Temminck was born on 31 March 1778 in Amsterdam in the Dutch Republic. From his father, Jacob Temminck ...
& Schlegel, 1846) (Indo-Pacific oval flounder)
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Bothus ocellatus
The eyed flounder (''Bothus ocellatus'') is a species of fish in the family Bothidae (lefteye flounders). The species is found on or near the sandy seabed in relatively shallow waters in the western Atlantic Ocean, the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf ...
''
(Agassiz
Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz ( ; ) FRS (For) FRSE (May 28, 1807 – December 14, 1873) was a Swiss-born American biologist and geologist who is recognized as a scholar of Earth's natural history.
Spending his early life in Switzerland, he rec ...
, 1831) (Eyed flounder)
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Bothus pantherinus
The leopard flounder (''Bothus pantherinus'') or panther flounder, is a flatfish found in the Pacific and Indian Oceans.
Range
''Bothus pantherinus'' is found in the Red Sea and Persian Gulf to South Africa, as far as southeast Australia and ...
''
( Rüppell, 1830) (Leopard flounder)
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Bothus podas''
( Delaroche, 1809) (Wide-eyed flounder)
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Bothus robinsi
The twospot flounder (''Bothus robinsi'') is a species of lefteye flounder native to the western Atlantic Ocean along the American coast from New York, United States to Brazil where it is mostly found at depths of from , sometimes recorded to a ...
''
Topp & F. H. Hoff, 1972 (Twospot flounder)
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Bothus swio
''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 16 recognized species in this ...
''
Hensley, 1997
* ''
Bothus tricirrhitus''
Kotthaus, 1977
References
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Bothidae
Marine fish genera
Taxa named by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque
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