Flowery Flounder, Bothus mancus (Broussonet 1782)
Other Names: Peacock Flounder, Tropical Flounder
A Flowery Flounder, Bothus mancus, at Lord Howe Island, February 2016. Source: John Turnbull / Flickr. License: CC by Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike
Summary:
A left-side flounder with dark-margined pale spots and numerous scattered small dark spots, usually three dark spots or blotches on lateral line, a row of widely-spaced dark spots on dorsal and anal fins, and eyed side pectoral fins with dark crossbars.
Video of a well-camouflaged Flowery Flounder on Agincourt reef, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland.
Video of a Flowery Flounders - the Kings of Camouflage.
Video of a well-camouflaged Flowery Flounder on Agincourt reef, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland.
Video of a Flowery Flounders - the Kings of Camouflage.
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Bray, D.J. 2018, Bothus mancus in Fishes of Australia, accessed 24 Apr 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/4686
Flowery Flounder, Bothus mancus (Broussonet 1782)
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Distribution |
Ningaloo Reef and offshore reefs of north Western Australia, Ashmore Reef in the Timor Sea, and the northern Great Barrier Reef and reefs in the Coral Sea, to Moreton Bay, Queensland; also Christmas Island and Cocos (Keeling) Islands in the eastern Indian Ocean, and the Lord Howe Province and Norfolk Island in the Tasman Sea. Elsewhere the species is widepsread in the tropical, Indo-Pacific. |
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Species Citation |
Pleuronectes mancus Broussonet 1782, Ichthyologia Sistens Piscium Descriptiones et Icones: no pagination, 2 pls (3-4). Type locality: Ulietea (Raiatea), Society Islands, Pacific Ocean. |
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Author |
Bray, D.J. 2018 |
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Flowery Flounder, Bothus mancus (Broussonet 1782)
References
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Allen, G.R. & Smith-Vaniz, W.F. 1994. Fishes of Cocos (Keeling) Islands. Atoll Research Bulletin 412: 1-21
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Broussonet, P.M.A. 1782. Ichthyologia Sistens Piscium Descriptiones et Icones. London : Elmsly 42 pp. 11 pls.
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Russell, B.C., Larson, H.K., Hutchins, J.B. & Allen, G.R. 2005. Reef fishes of the Sahul Shelf. The Beagle, Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory Supplement 1 2005: 83-105
