WoRMS taxon details
Bothus ocellatus (Agassiz, 1831)
159275 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159275)
accepted
Species
Platophrys ocellatus (Agassiz, 1831) · unaccepted
Rhombus bahianus Castelnau, 1855 · unaccepted
Rhombus ocellatus Agassiz, 1831 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Rhombus ocellatus Agassiz, 1831) Spix, J. B.; von; Agassiz, L. (1829-1831). Selecta genera et species piscium quos in itinere per Brasiliam annis MDCCCXVII-MDCCCXX : jussu et auspiciis Maximiliani Josephi I. Bavariae regis augustissimi peracto. <em>Monachii.</em> Part 1: i-xvi + i-ii + 1-6 + 1-82, Pls. 1-48, Part 2: 83-138, Pls. 49-101. [Part 1 published June 1829, part 2 Jan. 1831., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57839229#page/1/mode/1up [details]
Distribution Western Atlantic: Bay of Fundy, New York, Bermuda, and northern Gulf of Mexico to southern Brazil
Distribution Western Atlantic: Bay of Fundy, New York, Bermuda, and northern Gulf of Mexico to southern Brazil [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Bothus ocellatus (Agassiz, 1831). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159275 on 2025-05-15
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Rhombus bahianus Castelnau, 1855) Castelnau, F. L. (1855). Poissons. In: Animaux nouveaux or rares recueillis pendant l'expédition dans les parties centrales de l'Amérique du Sud, de Rio de Janeiro a Lima, et de Lima au Para; exécutée par ordre du gouvernement Français pendant les années 1843 a 1847 ... Part 7,. <em>Zoologie. Paris (P. Bertrand).</em> v. 2: i-xii + 1-112, Pls. 1-50.
page(s): 78, Pl. 41 (fig. 1) [details]
original description (of Rhombus ocellatus Agassiz, 1831) Spix, J. B.; von; Agassiz, L. (1829-1831). Selecta genera et species piscium quos in itinere per Brasiliam annis MDCCCXVII-MDCCCXX : jussu et auspiciis Maximiliani Josephi I. Bavariae regis augustissimi peracto. <em>Monachii.</em> Part 1: i-xvi + i-ii + 1-6 + 1-82, Pls. 1-48, Part 2: 83-138, Pls. 49-101. [Part 1 published June 1829, part 2 Jan. 1831., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57839229#page/1/mode/1up [details]
basis of record Scott, W.B.; Scott, M.G. (1988). Atlantic fishes of Canada. <em>Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> No. 219. 731 pp. [details]
page(s): 78, Pl. 41 (fig. 1) [details]
original description (of Rhombus ocellatus Agassiz, 1831) Spix, J. B.; von; Agassiz, L. (1829-1831). Selecta genera et species piscium quos in itinere per Brasiliam annis MDCCCXVII-MDCCCXX : jussu et auspiciis Maximiliani Josephi I. Bavariae regis augustissimi peracto. <em>Monachii.</em> Part 1: i-xvi + i-ii + 1-6 + 1-82, Pls. 1-48, Part 2: 83-138, Pls. 49-101. [Part 1 published June 1829, part 2 Jan. 1831., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57839229#page/1/mode/1up [details]
basis of record Scott, W.B.; Scott, M.G. (1988). Atlantic fishes of Canada. <em>Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> No. 219. 731 pp. [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 (Bermuda) Smith-Vaniz, W. F.; Collette, B. B.; Luckhurst, B. E (1999). Fishes of Bermuda: History, zoogeography, annotated checklist, and identification keys (American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists - Special Publication No.4) . ASIH, 424 pp. [details]
additional source McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source Gulf of Maine Biogeographic Information System (GMBIS) Electronic Atlas. 2002. November, 2002. [details]
context source (Bermuda) Smith-Vaniz, W. F.; Collette, B. B.; Luckhurst, B. E (1999). Fishes of Bermuda: History, zoogeography, annotated checklist, and identification keys (American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists - Special Publication No.4) . ASIH, 424 pp. [details]
additional source McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source Gulf of Maine Biogeographic Information System (GMBIS) Electronic Atlas. 2002. November, 2002. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Diet About one-third of the diet consists of fishes; the rest of its food is crustaceans: crabs, shrimps, amphipods, and mantis shrimps [details]Distribution Western Atlantic: Bay of Fundy, New York, Bermuda, and northern Gulf of Mexico to southern Brazil [details]
Habitat Inhabits sandy areas with coral rubble or seagrasses, usually near patch reefs. [details]
Habitat benthic [details]
Importance Social- Minor commerical fishery [details]
To Barcode of Life (98 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Rhombus bahianus Castelnau, 1855)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (22 publications) (from synonym Rhombus ocellatus Agassiz, 1831)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (41 publications) (from synonym Platophrys ocellatus (Agassiz, 1831))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Bothus ocellatus)
To FishBase (from synonym Rhombus ocellatus Agassiz, 1831)
To FishBase (from synonym Rhombus bahianus Castelnau, 1855)
To FishBase (from synonym Platophrys ocellatus (Agassiz, 1831))
To FishBase
To FishBase images (Bothus ocellatus, Neth Antilles, by Patzner, R.)
To Fishipedia
To GenBank (58 nucleotides; 52 proteins)
To GenBank (58 nucleotides; 52 proteins) (from synonym Rhombus ocellatus Agassiz, 1831)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Bothus ocellatus RAD103746-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Bothus ocellatus USNM 414100 eyed side view)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Rhombus bahianus Castelnau, 1855)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (22 publications) (from synonym Rhombus ocellatus Agassiz, 1831)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (41 publications) (from synonym Platophrys ocellatus (Agassiz, 1831))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Bothus ocellatus)
To FishBase (from synonym Rhombus ocellatus Agassiz, 1831)
To FishBase (from synonym Rhombus bahianus Castelnau, 1855)
To FishBase (from synonym Platophrys ocellatus (Agassiz, 1831))
To FishBase
To FishBase images (Bothus ocellatus, Neth Antilles, by Patzner, R.)
To Fishipedia
To GenBank (58 nucleotides; 52 proteins)
To GenBank (58 nucleotides; 52 proteins) (from synonym Rhombus ocellatus Agassiz, 1831)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Bothus ocellatus RAD103746-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Bothus ocellatus USNM 414100 eyed side view)
To ITIS
