WoRMS taxon details
Bothus leopardinus (Günther, 1862)
274186 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:274186)
accepted
Species
Rhomboidichthys leopardinus Günther, 1862 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Rhomboidichthys leopardinus Günther, 1862) Günther, A. (1862). Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Acanthopterygii Pharyngognathi and Anacanthini in the collection of the British Museum. <em>British Museum, London.</em> 4: i-xxi + 1-534., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9419277 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Bothus leopardinus (Günther, 1862). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=274186 on 2026-01-07
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Rhomboidichthys leopardinus Günther, 1862) Günther, A. (1862). Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Acanthopterygii Pharyngognathi and Anacanthini in the collection of the British Museum. <em>British Museum, London.</em> 4: i-xxi + 1-534., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9419277 [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
additional source
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present
Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | Pacific leopard flounder | [details] |
| Spanish | lenguado leopardo del Pacífico | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (6 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Rhomboidichthys leopardinus Günther, 1862)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Bothus leopardinus)
To FishBase (from synonym Rhomboidichthys leopardinus Günther, 1862)
To FishBase
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 3 proteins) (from synonym Rhomboidichthys leopardinus Günther, 1862)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NHMUK collection (Bothus leopardinus (Günther, 1862); HOLOTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:2586131)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Rhomboidichthys leopardinus Günther, 1862)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Bothus leopardinus)
To FishBase (from synonym Rhomboidichthys leopardinus Günther, 1862)
To FishBase
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 3 proteins) (from synonym Rhomboidichthys leopardinus Günther, 1862)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NHMUK collection (Bothus leopardinus (Günther, 1862); HOLOTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:2586131)
To ITIS