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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha
Subcohors: Neoteleostei
Infracohors: Eurypterygia
Sectio: Ctenosquamata
Subsectio: Acanthomorphata
Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Ordo: Pleuronectiformes
Subordo: Pleuronectoidei

Familia: Bothidae
Genus: Bothus
Species: B. assimilis – B. constellatus – B. ellipticus – B. guibei – B. leopardinus – B. lunatus – B. maculiferus – B. mancus – B. mellissi – B. myriaster – B. ocellatus – B. pantherinus – B. podas – B. robinsi – B. swio – B. tricirrhitus
Name

Bothus Rafinesque, 1810
Gender: masculine

References

Bothus in the World Register of Marine Species

Bothus pantherinus

Bothus pantherinus


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

References

"Bothus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.

Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2024). Species of Bothus in FishBase. March 2024 version.

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