Bothus podas

Bothus podas, also known as the wide-eyed flounder, is a flounder in the genus Bothus, native to the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Coast of Africa.

Wide-eyed flounder
Bothus podas in Croatia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Pleuronectiformes
Family: Bothidae
Genus: Bothus
Species:
B. podas
Binomial name
Bothus podas
(Delaroche, 1809)
Synonyms[2]
  • Bothus africanus Nielsen, 1961
  • Bothus diaphanus Rafinesque, 1814
  • Peloria heckelii Cocco, 1844
  • Platophrys podas (Delaroche, 1809)
  • Pleuronectes podas Delaroche, 1809
  • Rhomboidichthys podas (Delaroche, 1809)
  • Rhombus gesneri Risso, 1827
  • Rhombus heterophthalmus Bennett, 1831
  • Rhombus maderensis Lowe, 1834
  • Rhombus serratus Valenciennes, 1839
  • Solea rhomboide Rafinesque, 1810

During the reproductive season, males court and mate successively with females in their territories, and females seem to show mating fidelity to their dominant male. Data also show that courtship plays an important role in determining male success in mating.[3]

References
  1. Tous, P.; Sidibé, A.; Mbye, E.; et al. (2015). "Bothus podas". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T198725A15539590. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T198725A15539590.en. Downloaded on 19 March 2018.
  2. Nicolas Bailly (2008). "Bothus podas (Rafinesque, 1810)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
  3. Carvalho, N; Afonso, P; Santos, RSA. "The haremic mating system and mate choice in the wide-eyed flounder, Bothus podas". Environmental Biology of Fishes. 66 (3): 249–258. doi:10.1023/A:1023957825568.


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