Bothus mancus Flowery flounder, Peacock flounder

Bothus mancus is commonly referred to as Flowery flounder, Peacock flounder. Difficulty in the aquarium: Veldig vanskelig. A aquarium size of at least 5000 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

4465 

AphiaID:

219796 

Scientific:

Bothus mancus 

German:

Fasanbutt 

English:

Flowery Flounder, Peacock Flounder 

Category:

Flyndrer 

Family tree:

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

Initial determination:

(Broussonet, ), 1782 

Occurrence:

Hong Kong, Cocos Island (Costa Rica), (the) Maldives, American Samoa, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Australia, Chile, China, Christmas Islands, Clipperton Island, Cook Islands, Coral sea (Eastern Australia), Costa Rica, East Africa, Easter Island (Rapa Nui), Ecuador, Fiji, French Polynesia, Galapagos Islands, Guam, Gulf of California, Hawaii, India, Indonesia, Japan, Kenya, Lord Howe Island, Madagascar, Marschall Islands, Mauritius, Mexico (East Pacific), Micronesia, Midway Islands, Mozambique, New Caledonia, Norfolk Island, Ogasawara Islands, Palau, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Pitcairn Islands, Queensland (Australia), Red Sea, Réunion , Revillagigedo Islands, Samoa, South-Africa, Tahiti, Taiwan, the Cocos Islands / Keeling Islands, the Seychelles, Tonga, United States Minor Outlying Islands, USA, Western Indian 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:

3 - 150 Meter 

Size:

up to 17.72" (45 cm) 

Weight:

1.8 kg 

Temperature:

59 °F - 80.6 °F (15°C - 27°C) 

Food:

Crustaceans, Fish (little fishes), Worms 

Tank:

1099.89 gal (~ 5000L)  

Difficulty:

Veldig vanskelig 

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:

2012-07-22 20:27:16 

Last edit:

2017-05-12 13:11:29 

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