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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Scientific name
  
Bothus

Rank
  
Genus

Family
  
Bothidae

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Flatfish

Bothus Bothus podas Wideeyed flounder Pleuronectes podas

Lower classifications
  
Plate fish, Leopard flounder, Twospot flounder

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.

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Species

There are currently 16 recognized species in this genus:

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  • 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, 1758) (Plate fish)
  • Bothus maculiferus (Poey, 1860) (Mottled flounder)
  • Bothus mancus (Broussonet, 1782) (Flowery flounder)
  • Bothus mellissi Norman, 1931 (St. Helena flounder)
  • Bothus myriaster (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846) (Indo-Pacific oval flounder)
  • Bothus ocellatus (Agassiz, 1831) (Eyed flounder)
  • Bothus pantherinus (Rüppell, 1830) (Leopard flounder)
  • Bothus podas (Delaroche, 1809) (Wide-eyed flounder)
  • Bothus robinsi Topp & F. H. Hoff, 1972 (Twospot flounder)
  • Bothus swio Hensley, 1997
  • Bothus tricirrhitus Kotthaus, 1977

    • Bothus Bothus leopardinus Pacific Leopard Flounder Discover Life

    References

    Bothus Wikipedia
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