WoRMS taxon details
Bothus mancus (Broussonet, 1782)
AphiaID: 219796
AphiaID: 219796
| 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 |
Crossorhombus macroptera (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) (misspelling) Platophrys mancus (Broussonet, 1782) Pleuronectes barffi Curtis, 1944 Pleuronectes mancus Broussonet, 1782 Rhombus macropterus Quoy & Gaimard, 1824 | ||||||||||
| 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] | ||||||||||
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| Environment | marine, | ||||||||||
| Distribution | Chagos [details] Mauritius [details] Mozambique [details] Seychelles [details] South Africa (country) [details] | ||||||||||
| Links | To Barcode of Life (6 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To FishBase To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 3 proteins) To IUCN Red List To ITIS | ||||||||||
| Note |
Description: Inhabits sandy bottoms of coral reef areas of coastal waters (Ref. 5213). Occasionally rests on bare rock (Ref. 1602). Feeds on fishes, crabs and shrimps. Collected by divers (Ref. 9824). [details] | ||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:219796 | ||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Bothus mancus (Broussonet, 1782). 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=219796 on 2013-05-20 | |||||||||||
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