''Bothus'' is a genus of
flatfish
A flatfish is a member of the Ray-finned fish, ray-finned demersal fish Order (biology), suborder Pleuronectoidei, also called the Heterosomata. In many species, both eyes lie on one side of the head, one or the other migrating through or around ...
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 17 recognized species in this genus:
* ''
Bothus assimilis''
( Günther, 1862)
* ''
Bothus constellatus''
( D. S. Jordan, 1889) (Pacific eyed flounder)
* ''
Bothus ellipticus''
( Poey, 1860)
* ''
Bothus guibei''
Stauch, 1966 (Guinean flounder)
* ''
Bothus leopardinus''
( Günther, 1862) (Pacific leopard flounder)
* ''
Bothus lunatus''
(Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné,#Blunt, Blunt (2004), p. 171. was a Swedish biologist and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the modern system of naming o ...
, 1758) (Plate fish)
* ''
Bothus maculiferus''
( Poey, 1860) (Mottled flounder)
* ''
Bothus mancus
The peacock flounder (''Bothus mancus''), also known as the flowery flounder, is a species of fish in the family Bothidae (lefteye flounders). The species is found widely in relatively shallow waters in the Indo-Pacific, also ranging into warmer ...
''
(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 9th and 10th centuries
** People or things connected with the Norma ...
, 1931 (St. Helena flounder)
* ''
Bothus myriaster''
(Temminck
Coenraad Jacob Temminck (; 31 March 1778 – 30 January 1858) was a Dutch patrician, zoologist and museum director.
Biography
Coenraad Jacob Temminck was born on 31 March 1778 in Amsterdam in the Dutch Republic. From his father, Jacob ...
& Schlegel, 1846) (Indo-Pacific oval flounder)
* ''
Bothus ocellatus''
(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 recei ...
, 1831) (Eyed flounder)
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Bothus pantherinus''
( Rüppell, 1830) (Leopard flounder)
* ''
Bothus podas''
( Delaroche, 1809) (Wide-eyed flounder)
* ''
Bothus robinsi''
Topp & F. H. Hoff, 1972 (Twospot flounder)
* ''
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 17 recognized species in this ...
''
Hensley, 1997
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Bothus tricirrhitus''
Kotthaus, 1977
* ''
Bothus ypsigrammus
''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 ...
''
Kotthaus, 1977
References
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Bothidae
Marine fish genera
Taxa named by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque
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