Taxonomy Profile: Bothus (Rafinesque 1810)

Bothus: Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Kingdom:
Animalia
Taxonomic Rank:
Genus
Synonym(s):
Rhomboidichthys
Bleeker 1856
Platophrys
Agassiz in Spix & Agassiz 1829
Pseudocitharichthys
Weber 1913
Symboulichthys
Chabanaud 1927
Peloria
Cocco 1844
Psettyllis
Alcock 1890
Platotichthys
Nichols 1921
Psetta (Platophrys)
Swainson 1839
Common Name(s):
Taxonomic Status:
Current Standing:
valid
Data Quality Indicators:
Record Credibility Rating:
TWG standards met
Bothus: Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom : Animalia
animals |
Animal |
animaux |
Subkingdom : Bilateria
Infrakingdom : Deuterostomia
Phylum : Chordata
chordates |
cordado |
cordés |
Subphylum : Vertebrata
vertebrates |
vertebrado |
vertébrés |
Infradivision : Gnathostomata
Superclass : Actinopterygii
ray-finned fishes |
spiny rayed fishes |
poisson épineux |
poissons à nageoires rayonnées |
Class : Teleostei
Superorder : Acanthopterygii
Order : Pleuronectiformes
flatfishes |
flounders |
soles |
limandes |
plies |
poissons plats |
Suborder : Pleuronectoidei
Family : Bothidae
lefteyed flounders |
lefteye flounders |
lenguados chuecos |
turbots |
Genus : Bothus
Bothus Direct Children(s):
Bothus lunatus
(Linnaeus 1758)
Bothus maculiferus
(Poey 1860)
Bothus ocellatus
(Agassiz in Spix & Agassiz 1831)
Bothus robinsi
(Topp & Hoff 1972)
Bothus mancus
(Broussonet 1782)
Bothus pantherinus
(Rüppell 1830)
Bothus thompsoni
(Fowler 1923)
Bothus bleekeri
(Steindachner 1861)
Bothus myriaster
(Temminck & Schlegel 1846)
Bothus pellucida
(Alcock 1890)
Bothus podas
(Delaroche 1809)
Bothus assimilis
(Günther 1862)
Bothus constellatus
(Jordan in Jordan & Goss 1889)
Bothus ellipticus
(Poey 1860)
Bothus guibei
(Stauch 1966)
Bothus leopardinus
(Günther 1862)
Bothus mellissi
(Norman 1931)
Bothus swio
(Hensley 1997)
Bothus tricirrhitus
(Kotthaus 1977)
Bothus ypsigrammus
(Kotthaus 1977)
Bothus: References
Expert(s):
Source(s):
Source:
NODC Taxonomic Code
Acquired:
1996-07-29
Notes:
Reference for:
Bothus
Source:
Catalog of Fishes, 31-Oct-2014
Acquired:
2014-11-03
Notes:
Eschmeyer, W. N. (ed). Catalog of Fishes. (http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp). Electronic version accessed 03-Nov-2014
Reference for:
Bothus
Publication(s):
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Eschmeyer, William N.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1990-01-01 / 1990-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Genera of Recent Fishes
Page(s):
iii + 697
Publisher:
California Academy of Sciences
Publication Place:
San Francisco, CA, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
0-940228-23-8/
Notes:
Reference for:
Bothus
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Eschmeyer, William N., ed.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1998-01-01 / 1998-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Catalog of Fishes
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3
Page(s):
2905
Publisher:
California Academy of Sciences
Publication Place:
San Francisco, California, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
0-940228-47-5/
Notes:
http://www.jstor.org/stable/25622932
Reference for:
Bothus
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Nelson, Joseph S.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1994-01-01 / 1994-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Fishes of the World, Third Edition
Page(s):
xvii + 600
Publisher:
John Wiley and Sons
Publication Place:
New York, New York, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
0-471-54713-1/
Notes:
Reference for:
Bothus
Bothus: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Bothus: Comments