Bothus mellissi St. Helena flounder

Bothus mellissi is commonly referred to as St. Helena flounder. Difficulty in the aquarium: Problematisk. A aquarium size of at least 1500 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

6804 

AphiaID:

274189 

Scientific:

Bothus mellissi 

German:

St. Helena Butt 

English:

St. Helena Flounder 

Category:

Flyndrer 

Family tree:

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

Initial determination:

Norman, 1931 

Occurrence:

Ascencion, St. Helena & Tristan da Cunha, East-Atlantic Ocean 

Size:

up to 9.06" (23 cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 77 °F (°C - 25°C) 

Food:

Fish (little fishes), Krill, Worms, Zoobenthos 

Tank:

329.97 gal (~ 1500L)  

Difficulty:

Problematisk 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

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:

2014-02-24 15:51:05 

Last edit:

2014-02-24 15:51:05 

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