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.

Profile

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:

• Bothus assimilis
• Bothus constellatus
• Bothus ellipticus
• Bothus guibei
• 
  Bothus leopardinus
  Pazifische Leoparden-Flunder, Leopard-Flunder, Pazifik-Leoparden-Flunder
• 
  Bothus lunatus
  Pfauenbutt
• 
  Bothus maculiferus
  Gefleckter Butt, Gesprenkelter Butt
• 
  Bothus mancus
  Fasanbutt
• 
  Bothus mellissi
  St. Helena Butt
• Bothus myriaster
• 
  Bothus ocellatus
  Augenfleckbutt
• 
  Bothus pantherinus
  Panther-Butt
• 
  Bothus podas
  Weitaugenbutt
• Bothus robinsi
• Bothus swio
• Bothus tricirrhitus
• Alle anzeigen

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Bothus sp.
  Butt

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2011-09-16 16:48:12 

Last edit:

2025-01-04 20:05:20 

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