# Bothus

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{{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](/source/Bothus_mancus)''
| taxon = Bothus
| authority = [Rafinesque](/source/Constantine_Samuel_Rafinesque), 1810
| type_species = ''[Bothus rumolo](/source/Bothus_podas)''
| type_species_authority = Rafinesque, 1810
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = See text
}}

'''''Bothus''''' is a genus of [flatfish](/source/flatfish) in the family [Bothidae](/source/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](/source/Bothus_assimilis)'' <small>([Günther](/source/Albert_G%C3%BCnther), 1862)</small>
* ''[Bothus constellatus](/source/Bothus_constellatus)'' <small>([D. S. Jordan](/source/David_Starr_Jordan), 1889)</small> (Pacific eyed flounder)
* ''[Bothus ellipticus](/source/Bothus_ellipticus)'' <small>([Poey](/source/Felipe_Poey_y_Aloy), 1860)</small>
* ''[Bothus guibei](/source/Bothus_guibei)'' <small>[Stauch](/source/Alfred_Stauch), 1966</small> (Guinean flounder)
* ''[Bothus leopardinus](/source/Bothus_leopardinus)'' <small>([Günther](/source/Albert_G%C3%BCnther), 1862)</small> (Pacific leopard flounder)
* ''[Bothus lunatus](/source/Bothus_lunatus)'' <small>([Linnaeus](/source/Carl_Linnaeus), 1758)</small> (Plate fish)
* ''[Bothus maculiferus](/source/Bothus_maculiferus)'' <small>([Poey](/source/Felipe_Poey_y_Aloy), 1860)</small> (Mottled flounder)
* ''[Bothus mancus](/source/Bothus_mancus)'' <small>([Broussonet](/source/Pierre_Marie_Auguste_Broussonet), 1782)</small> (Flowery flounder)
* ''[Bothus mellissi](/source/Bothus_mellissi)'' <small>[Norman](/source/John_Roxborough_Norman), 1931</small> (St. Helena flounder)
* ''[Bothus myriaster](/source/Bothus_myriaster)'' <small>([Temminck](/source/Coenraad_Jacob_Temminck) & [Schlegel](/source/Hermann_Schlegel), 1846)</small> (Indo-Pacific oval flounder)
* ''[Bothus ocellatus](/source/Bothus_ocellatus)'' <small>([Agassiz](/source/Louis_Agassiz), 1831)</small> (Eyed flounder)
* ''[Bothus pantherinus](/source/Bothus_pantherinus)'' <small>([Rüppell](/source/Eduard_R%C3%BCppell), 1830)</small> (Leopard flounder)
* ''[Bothus podas](/source/Bothus_podas)'' <small>([Delaroche](/source/Fran%C3%A7ois_%C3%89tienne_Delaroche), 1809)</small> (Wide-eyed flounder)
* ''[Bothus robinsi](/source/Bothus_robinsi)'' <small>[Topp](/source/Robert_William_Topp) & [F. H. Hoff](/source/Frank_H._Hoff_Jr.), 1972</small> (Twospot flounder)
* ''[Bothus swio](/source/Bothus_swio)'' <small>[Hensley](/source/Dannie_Alan_Hensley), 1997</small>
* ''[Bothus tricirrhitus](/source/Bothus_tricirrhitus)'' <small>[Kotthaus](/source/Adolf_Kotthaus), 1977</small>
* ''[Bothus ypsigrammus](/source/Bothus_ypsigrammus)'' <small>[Kotthaus](/source/Adolf_Kotthaus), 1977</small>
The following fossil species are also known:

* †?''[Bothus bhubanicus](/source/Bothus_bhubanicus)'' <small>Tiwari & Bannikov, 2001</small> ([Early Miocene](/source/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](/source/Bothus_isselburgensis)'' <small>Schwarzhans & van der Hocht, 2023</small> ([Late Miocene](/source/Late_Miocene) of Germany) [<nowiki/>[otolith](/source/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](/source/Bothus_parvulus)'' <small>([Kramberger](/source/Gorjanovic-Kramberger), 1883)</small> ([Middle Miocene](/source/Middle_Miocene) of [Croatia](/source/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''}}
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Category:Bothidae
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