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Bothus pantherinus (Rüppell, 1830) 
AphiaID: 219795

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 pantherhines (Rüppell, 1830) (misspelling)
 Bothus pantherhinus (Rüppell, 1830) (misspelling)
 Passer marchionessarum Valenciennes, 1846
 Platophrys pantherines (Rüppell, 1830) (misspelling)
 Platophrys pantherinus (Rüppell, 1830)
 Rhomboidichthys pantherinus (Rüppell, 1830)
 Rhombus pantherinus Rüppell, 1830
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]

context source (Deepsea): Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]

Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
English leopard flounder  [details]
English panther flounder  [details]
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Chagos [details]
Djibouti [details]
Kenya [details]
Mozambique [details]
Red Sea [details]
Seychelles [details]
Somalia [details]
South Africa (country) [details]
Tanzania [details]
Ungama Bay [details]
Links To Barcode of Life (24 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To FishBase
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 7 proteins)
To ITIS
Notes  Description: Inhabits sandy and muddy bottoms of inner reef flats and seaward reefs; juveniles frequently found in tide pools (Ref. 9824). Feeds on benthic animals (Ref. 5213). Also used in making fish meal (Ref. 9824). [details]

Habitat: Known from seamounts and knolls [details]

Remark: Date Eschmeyer, pers. comm. [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:219795
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
1997-02-24 18:26:33Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
1998-06-12 08:24:17Z  changed  Fondo, Esther
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z  changed  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Bothus pantherinus (Rüppell, 1830). 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=219795 on 2013-05-22
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