Bothus
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Bothus is a genus of flatfish
in the family Bothidae
(lefteye flounders).
Flatfish
The flatfish are an order of ray-finned fish, also called the Heterosomata, sometimes classified as a suborder of Perciformes. In many species, both eyes lie on one side of the head, one or the other migrating through and around the head during development...
in the family Bothidae
Bothidae
Lefteye flounders are a family, Bothidae, of flounders. They are called "lefteye flounders" because most species lie on the sea bottom on their right side, with both eyes on the left side...
(lefteye flounders).
Species
- Bothus assimilis (Günther, 1862)
- Bothus bleekeri Steindachner, 1861
- Bothus constellatus (Jordan in Jordan et Goss, 1889)
- Bothus ellipticus (Poey, 1860)
- Bothus guibei Stauch, 1966
- Bothus leopardinus (Günther, 1862)
- Bothus lunatusBothus lunatusThe Plate fish, Bothus lunatus, is a flounder of the genus Bothus, from warmer parts of the Atlantic, including the Caribbean. It is sometimes known as the peacock flounder, leading to easy confusion with the rather similar Bothus mancus from the Indo-Pacific. It occasionally makes its way into the...
(Linnaeus, 1758) - Bothus maculiferus (Poey, 1860)
- Bothus mancus (Broussonet, 1782)
- Bothus mellissi Norman, 1931
- Bothus myriaster (Temminck et Schlegel, 1846)
- Bothus ocellatus (Agassiz in Spix et Agassiz, 1831)
- Bothus pantherinus (Rüppell, 1830)
- Bothus pellucida (Alcock, 1890)
- Bothus podas (Delaroche, 1809)
- Bothus robinsiBothus robinsiThe Twospot flounder, Bothus robinsi, is a species of flatfish in the Bothidae family.-References:*Abraham Kobelkowsky, Sexual dimorphism of the flounder Bothus robinsi , Journal of Morphology, Volume 260 Issue 2, Pages 165 - 171....
Topp et Hoff, 1972 - Bothus swio Hensley, 1997
- Bothus tricirrhitus Kotthaus, 1977