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Bothus podas

Description

Bothus podas (Delaroche 1809) —Wide-eyed flounder

Taxonomy. First record from Lebanon as Bothus podas Delar. = Rhomboïdichthys podas, Günth. by Gruvel (1931: 82); subsequently recorded as Bothus podas (De la Roche 1809) by George et al. (1964: 24); as Bothus podas podas (Delaroche) by Mouneimné (1977: 66); as Bothus podas podas (Delaroche 1809) by Mouneimné (2002: 235); recently recorded as Bothus podas by Harmelin-Vivien et al. (2005: 628). Material in collection: ANSP, AUBM, BMNH, FMNH, SMNS and USNM.

Distribution. Mediterranean Sea, eastern Atlantic: Gibraltar south to Angola, including offshore islands.

Conservation. IUCN: Global (LC: 13 May 2013); Med. (LC: 27 February 2008). Capture and threats: FIT, FIB, HAB, unknown. Occurrence: Common. Low priority for conservation action.

Notes

Published as part of Bariche, Michel & Fricke, Ronald, 2020, The marine ichthyofauna of Lebanon: an annotated checklist, history, biogeography, and conservation status, pp. 1-157 in Zootaxa 4775 (1) on page 100, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4775.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3983887

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
LC
Event date
2008-02-27
Verbatim event date
2008-02-27/2013-05-13
Scientific name authorship
De la Roche
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Pleuronectiformes
Family
Bothidae
Genus
Bothus
Species
podas
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Bothus podas (la, 1809) sec. Bariche & Fricke, 2020

References

  • Gruvel, A. (1931) Les Etats de Syrie. Richesses marines et fluviales. Exploitation actuelle-Avenir. Societe d'Editions Geographiques, Maritimes et Coloniale, 453 pp.
  • George, C. J., Athanassiou, V. A. & Boulos, I. (1964) The fishes of the coastal waters of Lebanon. Miscellaneous Papers in the Natural Sciences. The American University of Beirut, 4, 1 - 24.
  • Mouneimne, N. (1977) Liste des poissons de la cote du Liban (Mediterranee orientale). Cybium, 3 (1), 37 - 66.
  • Mouneimne, N. (2002) Poissons marins du Liban et de la Mediterranee orientale. INCAM-EU / CNRS Lebanon, Beyrouth, 271 pp.
  • Harmelin-Vivien, M. L., Bitar, G., Harmelin, J. G. & Monestiez, P. (2005) The littoral fish community of the Lebanese rocky coast (eastern Mediterranean Sea) with emphasis on Red Sea immigrants. Biological Invasions, 7, 625 - 637. https: // doi. org / 10.1007 / s 10530 - 004 - 5852 - 4