WoRMS taxon details
Bothus myriaster (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846)
AphiaID: 219794
AphiaID: 219794
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Pleuronectiformes (Order) > Bothidae (Family) > Bothus (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||
| Parent | Bothus Rafinesque, 1810 | ||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Bothus bleekeri Steindachner, 1861 Bothus ovalis (Regan, 1908) Bothus thompsoni (Fowler, 1923) Platophrys ovalis Regan, 1908 Platophrys thompsoni Fowler, 1923 Rhombus myriaster Temminck & Schlegel, 1846 | ||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Anon. (1996). FishBase 96 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los Baños, Philippines. 1 cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details] additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details] additional source: FishBase, version october 2012 [details] | ||||||||||
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| Environment | marine, | ||||||||||
| Distribution | Kenya [details] Madagascar [details] Mozambique [details] Seychelles [details] Somalia [details] Tanzania [details] | ||||||||||
| Links | To Barcode of Life (1 barcode) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To FishBase To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins) To ITIS | ||||||||||
| Note |
Description: Rare species (Ref. 9824). Found in sandy and muddy areas of the continental shelf (Ref. 5213). Feeds on bottom-living animals (Ref. 9824). Most sexually dimorphic characters develop at about 8 cm SL (Ref. 9824). Marketed fresh or used in making fish meal (Ref. 9824). [details] | ||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:219794 | ||||||||||
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Bothus myriaster (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846). In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=219794 on 2013-05-24 | |||||||||||
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