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Bothus mancus (Broussonet, 1782)
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Peacock Flounder; Tropical Flounder; Pleuronectes mancus Broussonet, 1782

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Bothus mancus
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Bothus mancus

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Bothus mancus
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Overview
Main identification features
  • eye less than less than width between eyes
  • dorsal fin has 96-104 rays anal fin has 74-81 rays
  • body: blue circles; ll: ~3 dark blotches
  • underside - opercle spotted, rear dark
  • male: long dark pectoral
Dorsal rays 96-104; anal rays 74-81; pectoral rays 10-13; body ovate, its depth about 2.0 in standard length; lateral-line scales 85-90; lateral line strongly arched above pectoral fin; sexual differences develop at about 23-25 cm, characterized by the male having a very elongate pectoral fin on eyed side, tentacles on eyes; space between eyes much wider than eye, and spines on snout and above eye.

Brown with numerous variable-sized white to pale blue spots, some forming small partial circles; also scattered dark brown spots present; 3 dark blotches along lateral line; blind side white, with small brown spots on operculum and rear 1/3 of body grey.

Size: reaches 42 cm.

Habitat: sand and rubble bottoms but also on rock and coral.

Depth: 0-150 m.

Widely distributed in the tropical Indo-Pacific; Panama, the mouth of the Gulf of California; the Revillagigedos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo and the Galapagos.


Attributes
Abundance: Common.
Cites: Not listed.
Climate Zone: Northern Subtropical (Cortez Province + Sinaloan Gap); Northern Tropical (Mexican Province to Nicaragua + Revillagigedos); Equatorial (Costa Rica to Ecuador + Galapagos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo).
Depth Range Max: 150 m.
Depth Range Min: 0 m.
Diet: mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs); bony fishes.
Eastern Pacific Range: Northern limit=24; Southern limit=-2; Western limit=-115; Eastern limit=-79; Latitudinal range=26; Longitudinal range=36.
Egg Type: Pelagic; Pelagic larva.
Feeding Group: Carnivore.
FishBase Habitat: Reef Associated.
Global Endemism: All Pacific (West + Central + East); Indo-Pacific only (Indian + Pacific Oceans); TEP non-endemic; "Transpacific" (East + Central &/or West Pacific); All species.
Habitat: Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom); Sand & gravel; Rocks; Soft bottom (mud, sand,gravel, beach, estuary & mangrove); Reef (rock &/or coral); Reef and soft bottom.
Inshore Offshore: Inshore; Inshore Only.
IUCN Red List: Not evaluated / Listed.
Length Max: 42 cm.
Regional Endemism: Island (s); Continent; Continent + Island (s); Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) non-endemic; Eastern Pacific non-endemic; All species.
Residency: Resident.
Salinity: Marine; Marine Only.
Water Column Position: Bottom; Bottom only;


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References
  • Allen , G.R. and Robertson, D.R., 1997., An Annotated Checklist of the fishes of Clipperton Atoll, Tropical Eastern Pacific., Revista de Biologia Tropical, 45:813-843.
  • Broussonet, P.M.A., 1782., Ichthyologia, sistens piscium descriptiones et icones. Decas I., London:49.
  • Castro-Aguirre, J.L. and Balart, E.F., 2002., La ictiofauna de las islas Revillagigedos y sus relaciones zoogeograficas, con comentarios acerca de su origen y evolucion. En: Lozano-Vilano, M. L. (Ed.). Libro Jubilar en Honor al Dr. Salvador Contreras Balderas., Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo León:153-170.
  • Findley, L.T., Hendrickx, M.E., Brusca, R.C., van der Heiden, A.M., Hastings, P.A., Torre, J., 2003., Diversidad de la Macrofauna Marina del Golfo de California, Mexico., CD-ROM versión 1.0. Projecto de la Macrofauna del Golfo .  Derechos reservados de los autores y Conservación Internacional.
  • Fischer , W. , Krup , F. , Schneider , W. , Sommer , C. , Carpenter , K. E. and Niem, V. H., 1995., Guia FAO para la Identificacion de Especies de para los fines de la Pesca. Pacifico Centro-Oriental. Volumen II. Vertebrados - Parte 1., FAO2:647-1200.
  • Fukui, A., 1997., Early ontogeny and systematics of Bothidae, Pleuronectoidei., Bull. Mar. Sci., 60:192-212.
  • Grove , J.S. and Lavenberg, R. J., 1997., The fishes of the Galápagos islands., Stanford University Press:863 pp.
  • Ricker, K.E., 1959., Fishes collected from the Revillagigedo Islands during the 1954-1958 cruises of the "Marijean."., Univ. Brit. Columbia Inst. Fish., Mus. Contrib., 4:10pp.
  • Robertson , D.R. and Allen, G.A., 1996., Zoogeography of the shorefish fauna of Clipperton Atoll., Coral Reefs, 15:121-131.
  • Walker, B. W. and Baldwin, W. J., 1964., Provisional check list of fishes of the Revillagigedo islands., 18 pp.

Acknowledgements

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