Bothus lunatus Peacock flounder

Bothus lunatus is commonly referred to as Peacock flounder. Difficulty in the aquarium: Problematisk. A aquarium size of at least 1300 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

1291 

AphiaID:

274187 

Scientific:

Bothus lunatus 

German:

Pfauenbutt 

English:

Peacock Flounder 

Category:

Flyndrer 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Pleuronectiformes (Order) > Bothidae (Family) > Bothus (Genus) > lunatus (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Linnaeus, ), 1758 

Occurrence:

Guadeloupe, Suriname, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Brazil, Columbia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, East-Atlantic Ocean, Fernando de Noronha , Florida, French Guiana, Guatemala, Gulf of Mexico, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, São Tomé e Principé, The Bahamas, the Caribbean, the Cayman Islands, USA, Venezuela, West-Atlantic Ocean 

Marine Zone:

Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 

Sea depth:

0 - 100 Meter 

Size:

up to 17.72" (45 cm) 

Temperature:

77.36 °F - 82.4 °F (25.2°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Crabs, Crustaceans, Fish (little fishes), Food specialist, Frozen Food (large sort), Mysis, Rock shrimps, Schrimps, Sepia, Shrimps 

Tank:

285.97 gal (~ 1300L)  

Difficulty:

Problematisk 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Least concern (LC)  

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Bothus assimilis
• Bothus constellatus
• Bothus ellipticus
• Bothus guibei
• 
  Bothus leopardinus
  Pazifische Leoparden-Flunder, Leopard-Flunder, Pazifik-Leoparden-Flunder
• 
  Bothus lunatus
  Pfauenbutt
• 
  Bothus maculiferus
  Gefleckter Butt, Gesprenkelter Butt
• 
  Bothus mancus
  Fasanbutt
• 
  Bothus mellissi
  St. Helena Butt
• Bothus myriaster
• 
  Bothus ocellatus
  Augenfleckbutt
• 
  Bothus pantherinus
  Panther-Butt
• 
  Bothus podas
  Weitaugenbutt
• Bothus robinsi
• Bothus swio
• Bothus tricirrhitus
• Alle anzeigen

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Bothus sp.
  Butt

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2005-02-14 20:11:32 

Last edit:

2024-12-04 08:55:51 

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