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Bothus maculiferus Maculated Flounder, Mottled Flounder

Bothus maculiferus is commonly referred to as Maculated Flounder, Mottled Flounder. Difficulty in the aquarium: suitable for large display tanks (public aquarium or zoo) only. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Mottled Flounder, Bothus maculiferus 2022


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lexID:
15400 
AphiaID:
274188 
Scientific:
Bothus maculiferus 
German:
Gefleckter Butt, Gesprenkelter Butt 
English:
Maculated Flounder, Mottled Flounder 
Category:
Skarpiowate 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopteri (Class) > Pleuronectiformes (Order) > Bothidae (Family) > Bothus (Genus) > maculiferus (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Poey, ), 1860 
Occurrence:
Suriname, Aruba, Bermuda, Brazil, Cuba, Curacao, Florida, French Guiana, Gulf of Mexico, Guyana, Puerto Rico, The Bahamas, Trinidad and Tobago, USA, Venezuela, Virgin Islands, U.S. 
Marine Zone:
Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 
Sea depth:
- 45 Meter 
Size:
7.09" - 9.84" (18cm - 25cm) 
Temperature:
77.72 °F - 82.4 °F (25.4°C - 28°C) 
Food:
Carnivore, Fish (little fishes), Schrimps, Worms, Zoobenthos 
Difficulty:
suitable for large display tanks (public aquarium or zoo) only 
Offspring:
Not available as offspring 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Least concern (LC)  
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
More related species
in this lexicon:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2022-12-02 21:32:02 

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Bothus maculiferus (Poey, 1860)

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.

The Mottled flounder Bothus maculiferus can be found on soft bottoms; often bycatch of shrimp trawl fisheries.

Synonymised names:
Pleuronectes maculiferus Poey, 1860 · unaccepted

External links

  1. fishbase.se (en). Abgerufen am 02.12.2022.
  2. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (en). Abgerufen am 02.12.2022.
  3. WoRMS (en). Abgerufen am 02.12.2022.

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