Bothus

Short description: Genus of fishes

Bothus

B. mancus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Chordata
Class:  | Actinopterygii
Order:  | Pleuronectiformes
Family:  | Bothidae
Genus:  | Bothus
Rafinesque, 1810
Type species
Bothus rumolo

Rafinesque 1810

Species

See text

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 genus:[1]

* 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

## References

* "Bothus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=172758.

1. ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Bothus in FishBase. October 2012 version.

See also Wikidata entry Q2402030.

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