{{Short description|Genus of fishes}} {{Automatic taxobox | fossil_range = {{fossil range|Middle Miocene|present|earliest=Early Miocene}} | image = Flower flounder in Kona may 2010.jpg | image_caption = ''B. mancus'' | taxon = Bothus | authority = Rafinesque, 1810 | type_species = ''Bothus rumolo'' | type_species_authority = Rafinesque, 1810 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = See text }}
'''''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:<ref>{{FishBase genus | genus = Bothus| month = March | year = 2024}}</ref> * ''Bothus assimilis'' <small>(Günther, 1862)</small> * ''Bothus constellatus'' <small>(D. S. Jordan, 1889)</small> (Pacific eyed flounder) * ''Bothus ellipticus'' <small>(Poey, 1860)</small> * ''Bothus guibei'' <small>Stauch, 1966</small> (Guinean flounder) * ''Bothus leopardinus'' <small>(Günther, 1862)</small> (Pacific leopard flounder) * ''Bothus lunatus'' <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small> (Plate fish) * ''Bothus maculiferus'' <small>(Poey, 1860)</small> (Mottled flounder) * ''Bothus mancus'' <small>(Broussonet, 1782)</small> (Flowery flounder) * ''Bothus mellissi'' <small>Norman, 1931</small> (St. Helena flounder) * ''Bothus myriaster'' <small>(Temminck & Schlegel, 1846)</small> (Indo-Pacific oval flounder) * ''Bothus ocellatus'' <small>(Agassiz, 1831)</small> (Eyed flounder) * ''Bothus pantherinus'' <small>(Rüppell, 1830)</small> (Leopard flounder) * ''Bothus podas'' <small>(Delaroche, 1809)</small> (Wide-eyed flounder) * ''Bothus robinsi'' <small>Topp & F. H. Hoff, 1972</small> (Twospot flounder) * ''Bothus swio'' <small>Hensley, 1997</small> * ''Bothus tricirrhitus'' <small>Kotthaus, 1977</small> * ''Bothus ypsigrammus'' <small>Kotthaus, 1977</small> The following fossil species are also known:
* †?''Bothus bhubanicus'' <small>Tiwari & Bannikov, 2001</small> (Early Miocene of Mizoram, India)<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Tiwari |first1=R. P. |last2=Bannikov |first2=Alexandre F. |date=2001 |title=Early Miocene marine fishes from the Surma Group, Mizoram, India |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/274633332 |journal=Bollettino del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Verona, Geologia Paleontologia Preistoria |volume=25 |issue= |pages=11–26}}</ref> * †''Bothus isselburgensis'' <small>Schwarzhans & van der Hocht, 2023</small> (Late Miocene of Germany) [<nowiki/>otolith]<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Schwarzhans |first1=Werner |last2=von der Hocht |first2=Fritz |date=2023-01-01 |title=New otolith assemblages from the Miocene of the North Sea Basin and their biostratigraphic significance. |url=https://natuurtijdschriften.nl/pub/1026759 |journal=Cainozoic Research |language=en |volume=23 |issue=2 |pages=189–227 |issn=1570-0399}}</ref> * †''Bothus parvulus'' <small>(Kramberger, 1883)</small> (Middle Miocene of Croatia)<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Schwarzhans |first1=Werner |last2=Carnevale |first2=Giorgio |last3=Japundžić |first3=Sanja |last4=Bradić-Milinović |first4=Katarina |date=2017 |title=Otoliths in situ from Sarmatian (Middle Miocene) fishes of the Paratethys. Part V: Bothidae and Soleidae |url=https://sjpp.springeropen.com/articles/10.1007/s13358-017-0128-7 |journal=Swiss Journal of Palaeontology |language=en |volume=136 |issue=1 |pages=109–127 |doi=10.1007/s13358-017-0128-7 |bibcode=2017SwJP..136..109S |issn=1664-2384|url-access=subscription }}</ref>
==References== * {{ITIS |id=172758 |taxon=''Bothus''}} {{Reflist}}
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Category:Bothidae Category:Marine fish genera Category:Taxa named by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque
{{Pleuronectiformes-stub}} Category:Flatfish