Parabothus is a genus of fish in the family Bothidae native to the Indian and Pacific Ocean.
Parabothus | |
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Parabothus chlorospilus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Carangiformes |
Family: | Bothidae |
Genus: | Parabothus Norman, 1931 |
Type species | |
Arnoglossus polylepis Alcock 1889
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Species
editThere are currently 10 recognized species in this genus:
- Parabothus amaokai Parin, 1983
- Parabothus budkeri (Chabanaud, 1943)
- Parabothus chlorospilus (C. H. Gilbert, 1905)
- Parabothus coarctatus (C. H. Gilbert, 1905)
- Parabothus filipes Amaoka, Mihara & Rivaton, 1997
- Parabothus kiensis (S. Tanaka (I), 1918)
- Parabothus malhensis (Regan, 1908)
- Parabothus polylepis (Alcock, 1889) (Many-scaled flounder)
- Parabothus rotundifrons Voronina, Pruvost & Causse, 2017 [1]
- Parabothus taiwanensis Amaoka & S. C. Shen, 1993
References
edit- ^ Voronina, E., Pruvost, P. & Causse, R. (2017): Parabothus rotundifrons (Pleuronectiformes: Bothidae), a new bothid flatfish from Saya de Malha Bank (Indian Ocean). Cybium, 40 (4): 275-280.