WoRMS taxon details
Bothus mancus (Broussonet, 1782)
219796 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:219796)
accepted
Species
Crossorhombus macroptera (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Platophrys mancus (Broussonet, 1782) · unaccepted
Pleuronectes barffi Curtiss, 1944 · unaccepted (synonym)
Pleuronectes mancus Broussonet, 1782 · unaccepted
Rhombus macropterus Quoy & Gaimard, 1824 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Pleuronectes mancus Broussonet, 1782) Broussonet, P. M. A. (1782). Ichthyologia, sistens piscium descriptiones et icones. <em>Decas I. London.</em> unnum. pages, incl. i-iv., Unnum. Pls. 1-11.
page(s): [19], Pls. [3-4] [details]
page(s): [19], Pls. [3-4] [details]
Description Inhabits sandy bottoms of coral reef areas of coastal waters (Ref. 5213). Occasionally rests on bare rock (Ref. 1602)....
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]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Bothus mancus (Broussonet, 1782). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=219796 on 2025-06-16
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Pleuronectes mancus Broussonet, 1782) Broussonet, P. M. A. (1782). Ichthyologia, sistens piscium descriptiones et icones. <em>Decas I. London.</em> unnum. pages, incl. i-iv., Unnum. Pls. 1-11.
page(s): [19], Pls. [3-4] [details]
original description (of Pleuronectes barffi Curtiss, 1944) Curtiss, A. (1944). Further Notes on the Zoology of Tahiti. Privately Published. 30 pp. [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Rhombus macropterus Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) Quoy, J. R. C.; Gaimard, J. P. (1824-1825). Description des Poissons. Chapter IX. <em>In: Freycinet, L. de, Voyage autour du Monde...exécuté sur les corvettes de L. M.</em> 192-401 [1-328 in 1824; 329-616 in 1825], Atlas pls. 43-65., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40871183#page/204/mode/1up [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
page(s): [19], Pls. [3-4] [details]
original description (of Pleuronectes barffi Curtiss, 1944) Curtiss, A. (1944). Further Notes on the Zoology of Tahiti. Privately Published. 30 pp. [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Rhombus macropterus Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) Quoy, J. R. C.; Gaimard, J. P. (1824-1825). Description des Poissons. Chapter IX. <em>In: Freycinet, L. de, Voyage autour du Monde...exécuté sur les corvettes de L. M.</em> 192-401 [1-328 in 1824; 329-616 in 1825], Atlas pls. 43-65., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40871183#page/204/mode/1up [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [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
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
context source (HKRMS) Hong Kong marine fish database. <em>AFCD.</em> , available online at https://www.hk-fish.net/en/fish/introduction/ [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
context source (HKRMS) Hong Kong marine fish database. <em>AFCD.</em> , available online at https://www.hk-fish.net/en/fish/introduction/ [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
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]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | tropical flounder | [details] |
| Japanese | モンダルマガレイ | [details] |
| Spanish | lenguado tropical | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (46 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (28 publications) (from synonym Platophrys mancus (Broussonet, 1782))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (29 publications) (from synonym Pleuronectes mancus Broussonet, 1782)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Rhombus macropterus Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Pleuronectes mancus Broussonet, 1782)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Bothus mancus)
To FishBase (from synonym Pleuronectes barffi Curtiss, 1944)
To FishBase (from synonym Pleuronectes mancus Broussonet, 1782)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Platophrys mancus (Broussonet, 1782))
To FishBase (from synonym Crossorhombus macroptera (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824))
To FishBase (from synonym Rhombus macropterus Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
To FishBase images (Bothus mancus, Midway Is., by Randall, J.E.)
To Fishipedia
To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 7 proteins)
To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 7 proteins) (from synonym Pleuronectes mancus Broussonet, 1782)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Bothus mancus USNM 392520 photograph lateral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Bothus mancus USNM 439759 photograph lateral view)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (28 publications) (from synonym Platophrys mancus (Broussonet, 1782))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (29 publications) (from synonym Pleuronectes mancus Broussonet, 1782)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Rhombus macropterus Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Pleuronectes mancus Broussonet, 1782)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Bothus mancus)
To FishBase (from synonym Pleuronectes barffi Curtiss, 1944)
To FishBase (from synonym Pleuronectes mancus Broussonet, 1782)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Platophrys mancus (Broussonet, 1782))
To FishBase (from synonym Crossorhombus macroptera (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824))
To FishBase (from synonym Rhombus macropterus Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
To FishBase images (Bothus mancus, Midway Is., by Randall, J.E.)
To Fishipedia
To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 7 proteins)
To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 7 proteins) (from synonym Pleuronectes mancus Broussonet, 1782)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Bothus mancus USNM 392520 photograph lateral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Bothus mancus USNM 439759 photograph lateral view)
To ITIS
