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Bothus podas Wide-eyed Flounder

Bothus podas is commonly referred to as Wide-eyed Flounder. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. A aquarium size of at least 2000 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.


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lexID:
3846 
AphiaID:
127129 
Scientific:
Bothus podas 
German:
Weitaugenbutt 
English:
Wide-eyed Flounder 
Category:
Sogliole 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Pleuronectiformes (Order) > Bothidae (Family) > Bothus (Genus) > podas (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Delaroche, ), 1809 
Occurrence:
Ghana, Straße von Gibraltar, Gambia, Tunesien, Benin, Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean), Algeria, Angola, Azores, Cameroon, Congo, East-Atlantic Ocean, Equatorial Guinea, Mauritania, Morocco, Nigeria, Portugal, São Tomé e Principé, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Spain, the Canary Islands, the Cape Verde Archipelago, the Ivory Coast, the Mediterranean Sea, Togo 
Marine Zone:
Mesopelagial
Mesopelagic zone
lies between 200 to 1000 meters depth, thus it is considered the "twilight zone of the sea" between the light and dark depth zones.
 
Sea depth:
15 - 400 Meter 
Habitats:
Muddy grounds, Seawater, Sea water, Soft grounds 
Size:
5.12" - 17.72" (13cm - 45cm) 
Temperature:
55.4 °F - 17,6 °F (13°C - 17,6°C) 
Food:
Amphipods, Carnivore, Clams, Copepods, Crustaceans, Fish (little fishes), Food specialist, Invertebrates, Isopods, Mysis, Predatory, Schrimps, Snails, Starfishs, Worms, Zoobenthos 
Tank:
439.96 gal (~ 2000L)  
Difficulty:
There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 
Offspring:
Not available as offspring 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Least concern (LC)  
Related species at
Catalog of Life
:
 
More related species
in this lexicon
:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2025-01-04 20:05:20 

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Bothus podas (Delaroche, 1809)

Found in shallow waters, over sandy and muddy bottoms of the continental plateau. Feeds on benthic small fishes and invertebrates.

Synonymised names
Bothus africanus Nielsen, 1961 · unaccepted
Bothus diaphanus Rafinesque, 1814 · unaccepted
Bothus poda (Delaroche, 1809) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Bothus podas africanus Nielsen, 1961 · unaccepted
Bothus podas maderiensis (Lowe, 1834) · unaccepted
Bothus podas podas (Delaroche, 1809) · unaccepted
Botus podas (Delaroche, 1809) · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling (of the generic noun)
Botus podas podas (Delaroche, 1809) · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling (of the generic noun)
Peloria heckelii Cocco, 1844 · unaccepted
Platophrys podas (Delaroche, 1809) · unaccepted
Pleuronectes podas Delaroche, 1809 · unaccepted
Rhomboidichthys podas (Delaroche, 1809) · unaccepted
Rhombus gesneri Risso, 1827 · unaccepted
Rhombus heterophthalmus Bennett, 1831 · unaccepted
Rhombus madeirensis Lowe, 1834 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Rhombus maderensis Lowe, 1834 · unaccepted
Rhombus serratus Valenciennes, 1839 · unaccepted
Solea rhomboide Rafinesque, 1810 · unaccepted

Direct children (3)
Subspecies Bothus podas africanus Nielsen, 1961 accepted as Bothus podas (Delaroche, 1809)
Subspecies Bothus podas maderiensis (Lowe, 1834) accepted as Bothus podas (Delaroche, 1809)
Subspecies Bothus podas podas (Delaroche, 1809) accepted as Bothus podas (Delaroche, 1809)

External links

  1. FishBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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