Bothus mancus

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Peacock Flounder - Bothus mancus, Aceh Indonseia 2015

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Bothus mancus, La Reunion 2012

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Bothus mancus; Aufnahme Malediven

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lexID:: 4465
AphiaID:: 219796

Scientific:: Bothus mancus
German:: Fasanbutt
English:: Flowery Flounder, Peacock Flounder

Category:: Sogliole
Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Pleuronectiformes (Order) > Bothidae (Family) > Bothus (Genus) > mancus (Species)
Initial determination:: (Broussonet, ), 1782

Occurrence:: the Cocos Islands / Keeling Islands, Lord Howe Island, Norfolk Island, Panama, Costa Rica, Mozambique, Clipperton Island, Hong Kong, United States Minor Outlying Islands, Midway Islands, Ogasawara Islands, Chile, Ecuador, Réunion , India, Africa occidentale, Australia, Christmas Islands, Cina, Cocos Island, Coralsea, Fiji, Filippine, Galapagos , Giappone, Golfo della California, Guam, Hawaii, Indonesia, Isola di Cook, Isola di Pasqua, Isole Marshall, Kenia, Madagascar, Maldive, Mar delle Andamane, Mar rosso, Mauritius, Messico (Pacifico orientale), Micronesia, Nuova Caledonia, Oceano Indiano occidentale, Palau, Papua Nuova Guinea, Picairns, Polinesia Francese, Queensland, Revillagigedo, Samoa, Samoa americane, Seychelles, Sudafrica, Taiwan, Thaiti, Tonga, USA
Sea depth:: 3 - 150 Meter
Size:: bis zu 45cm
Weight:: 1,8 kg
Temperature:: 15°C - 27°C
Food:: Crostacei, Piccoli pesci, Tremoline
Tank:: ~ 5000 Liter
Difficulty:: Solo per acquariofili esperti
Offspring:: None

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
Bothus lunatus
Pfauenbutt
Bothus maculiferus
Bothus mancus
Fasanbutt
Bothus mellissi
St. Helena Butt
Bothus myriaster
Bothus ocellatus
Augenfleckbutt
Bothus pantherinus
Leopard-Flunder
Bothus podas
Weitaugenbutt
Bothus robinsi
Bothus swio
Bothus tricirrhitus

More related species in this lexicon:

Bothus sp.
Butt

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2012-07-22 20:27:16
Last edit:: 2017-05-12 13:11:29

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(Broussonet, 1782)

Distribution:
Indo-Pacific: in tropical waters, from South Africa to Hawaii and Easter Island, north to southern Japan and south to Lord Howe Island. Eastern Pacific: Revillagigedo, Clipperton and Cocos islands.

Inhabit sandy bottoms of coastal coral reefs.
Feed on fishes, crabs and shrimps.

Requires large fish-only systems designed for its needs/best left in the wild.

Synonyms:
Crossorhombus macroptera (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
Platophrys mancus (Broussonet, 1782)
Pleuronectes barffi Curtis, 1944
Pleuronectes mancus Broussonet, 1782
Rhombus macropterus Quoy & Gaimard, 1824

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopteri (Class) > Pleuronectiformes (Order) > Bothidae (Family) > Bothus (Genus) > Bothus mancus (Species)

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