Bothus
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Carangiformes |
| Suborder: | Pleuronectoidei |
| Family: | Bothidae |
| Genus: | Bothus Rafinesque, 1810 |
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| Bothus rumolo Rafinesque, 1810
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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 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
- Bothus ypsigrammus Kotthaus, 1977
The following fossil species are also known:
- †?Bothus bhubanicus Tiwari & Bannikov, 2001 (Early Miocene of Mizoram, India)[2]
- †Bothus isselburgensis Schwarzhans & van der Hocht, 2023 (Late Miocene of Germany) [otolith][3]
- †Bothus parvulus (Kramberger, 1883) (Middle Miocene of Croatia)[4]
References
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Bothus". FishBase. March 2024 version.
- ^ Tiwari, R. P.; Bannikov, Alexandre F. (2001). "Early Miocene marine fishes from the Surma Group, Mizoram, India". Bollettino del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Verona, Geologia Paleontologia Preistoria. 25: 11–26.
- ^ Schwarzhans, Werner; von der Hocht, Fritz (2023-01-01). "New otolith assemblages from the Miocene of the North Sea Basin and their biostratigraphic significance". Cainozoic Research. 23 (2): 189–227. ISSN 1570-0399.
- ^ Schwarzhans, Werner; Carnevale, Giorgio; Japundžić, Sanja; Bradić-Milinović, Katarina (2017). "Otoliths in situ from Sarmatian (Middle Miocene) fishes of the Paratethys. Part V: Bothidae and Soleidae". Swiss Journal of Palaeontology. 136 (1): 109–127. Bibcode:2017SwJP..136..109S. doi:10.1007/s13358-017-0128-7. ISSN 1664-2384.
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