Bothus podas
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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.
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Identifiers
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