Ebersole, Jun A.;Cicimurri, David J.;Stringer, Gary L.
Bothidae
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Bothidae or lefteye flounders are a family of flounders. They are called "lefteye flounders" because most species lie on the sea bottom on their right sides, with both eyes on their left sides. The family is also distinguished by the presence of spines on the snout and near the eyes.
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Bothidae is an accepted family of lefteye flounders within the order Pleuronectiformes. It belongs to the class Teleostei, phylum Chordata, and kingdom Animalia. The family was described by Smitt in 1892.
These organisms inhabit marine and brackish environments. Records from iDigBio indicate the presence of the family in Mexico and the United States, with specimens held by institutions including ECOSUR, SDNHM, UF, and UWFC. The family has 182,520 occurrence records and 2,910 records with 21 media items in the iDigBio database.
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Species
lefteye flounders
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderPleuronectiformes
- FamilyBothidae
鮃科，學名Bothidae，輻鰭魚綱鰈亞目的其中一科。
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 2,910
- With media
- 21
- Family
- Bothidae
- Collections
- ECOSUR, SDNHM, UF, UWFC
- Recorded in
- Mexico, United States
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Encyclopedic overview
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Bothidae or lefteye flounders are a family of flounders. They are called "lefteye flounders" because most species lie on the sea bottom on their right sides, with both eyes on their left sides. The family is also distinguished by the presence of spines on the snout and near the eyes.
Lefteye flounders vary considerably in size between the more than 160 species, ranging from to in length.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bothidae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.