Biology:Parabothus

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Short description: Genus of fishes

Parabothus
Parabothus chlorospilus.jpg
Parabothus chlorospilus
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Pleuronectiformes
Family: Bothidae
Genus: Parabothus
Norman, 1931
Type species
Arnoglossus polylepis
Alcock 1889

Parabothus is a genus of fish in the family Bothidae native to the Indian and Pacific Ocean.

Species

There are currently 10 recognized species in this genus:

  • Parabothus amaokai Parin, 1983
  • Parabothus budkeri (Chabanaud, 1943)
  • Parabothus chlorospilus (C. H. Gilbert, 1905)
  • Parabothus coarctatus (C. H. Gilbert, 1905)
  • Parabothus filipes Amaoka, Mihara & Rivaton, 1997
  • Parabothus kiensis (S. Tanaka (I), 1918)
  • Parabothus malhensis (Regan, 1908)
  • Parabothus polylepis (Alcock, 1889) (Many-scaled flounder)
  • Parabothus rotundifrons Voronina, Pruvost & Causse, 2017 [1]
  • Parabothus taiwanensis Amaoka & S. C. Shen, 1993

References

  1. Voronina, E., Pruvost, P. & Causse, R. (2017): Parabothus rotundifrons (Pleuronectiformes: Bothidae), a new bothid flatfish from Saya de Malha Bank (Indian Ocean). Cybium, 40 (4): 275-280.

Wikidata ☰ Q290120 entry