Bothus

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.

Bothus Temporal range: Middle Miocene–present PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
B. mancus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Carangiformes
Suborder:	Pleuronectoidei
Family:	Bothidae
Genus:	Bothus Rafinesque, 1810
Type species
Bothus rumolo Rafinesque, 1810
Species
See text

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]