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Bothidae
Family of fishes From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Bothidae or lefteye flounders are a family of flounders. They are called "lefteye flounders" because most species lie on the sea bottom on their right sides, with both eyes on their left sides.[1] The family is also distinguished by the presence of spines on the snout and near the eyes.[2]
Lefteye flounders vary considerably in size between the more than 160 species, ranging from 4.5 cm (1.8 in) to 1.5 m (4.9 ft) in length.[2]
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Taxonomy
The following genera are placed in this family:
- Arnoglossus
- Asterorhombus
- Bothus
- Chascanopsetta
- Crossorhombus
- Engyophrys
- Engyprosopon
- Grammatobothus
- Japonolaeops
- Kamoharaia
- Laeops
- Lophonectes
- Monolene
- Neolaeops
- Parabothus
- Perissias
- Psettina
- Taeniopsetta
- Tosarhombus
- Trichopsetta
The following fossil genera are also known:
- †Miobothus Chanet & Schultz, 1994 (Middle Miocene of Austria)[3]
- †Oligobothus Baciu & Chanet, 2002 (Early Oligocene of Romania and Poland)[4][5]
- †Oranobothus Chanet, 1996 (latest Miocene of Algeria)[6]
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Gallery
Scaldfish (Arnoglossus laterna) larva
Wide-eyed flounder, Bothus podas
Laeops macrophthalmus
Deepwater flounder, Monolene sessilicauda
Sash flounder, Trichopsetta ventralis
See also
- Pleuronectidae, the righteye family of flounders
References
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