Bothus podas, also known as the wide-eyed flounder, is a flounder in the genus Bothus, native to the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Coast of Africa.
| Wide-eyed flounder | |
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| Bothus podas in Croatia | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Carangiformes |
| Family: | Bothidae |
| Genus: | Bothus |
| Species: | B. podas
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| Binomial name | |
| Bothus podas (Delaroche, 1809)
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During the reproductive season, males court and mate successively with females in their territories, and females seem to show mating fidelity to their dominant male. Data also show that courtship plays an important role in determining male success in mating.[3]
References
edit- ^ Tous, P.; Sidibé, A.; Mbye, E.; de Morais, L.; Camara, Y.H.; Adeofe, T.A.; Munroe, T.; Camara, K.; Cissoko, K.; Djiman, R.; Sagna, A.; Sylla, M. (2015). "Bothus podas". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T198725A15539590. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T198725A15539590.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ Nicolas Bailly (2008). "Bothus podas (Rafinesque, 1810)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
- ^ Carvalho, N; Afonso, P; Santos, RSA. "The haremic mating system and mate choice in the wide-eyed flounder, Bothus podas". Environmental Biology of Fishes. 66 (3): 249–258. doi:10.1023/A:1023957825568.
External links
edit- Photos of Bothus podas on Sealife Collection
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