Bothus mancus, Flowery flounder : fisheries, aquarium

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Bothus mancus (Broussonet, 1782)

Flowery flounder
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Pleuronectiformes (Flatfishes) > Bothidae (Lefteye flounders)
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Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; reef-associated; depth range 3 - 150 m (Ref. 9281). Tropical; 30°N - 35°S, 29°E - 70°W

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Indo-Pacific: in tropical waters, from South Africa to Hawaii and Easter Island, north to southern Japan and south to Lord Howe Island. Eastern Pacific: Revillagigedo, Clipperton and Cocos islands (Ref. 9281).

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 51.0 cm NG male/unsexed; (Ref. 89467); max. published weight: 1.8 kg (Ref. 89467)

Short description Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 96-104; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 74 - 81. Eyed side with dark margined light colored spots and numerous scattered small dark spots; normally with 3 dark blotches or spots on lateral line; dorsal and anal fins with longitudinal row of widely-spaced dark spots; pectorals of the eyed side with dark crossbars (Ref. 4417).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Inhabit sandy bottoms of coastal coral reefs (Ref. 5213, 48637), generally in shallow water (Ref. 9281). Benthic (Ref. 58302). Hunt mostly at night, but also active during the day. Often crawling over low rocky reef (Ref. 48637). Occasionally rest on bare rock (Ref. 1602). Feed on fishes, crabs and shrimps. Collected by divers (Ref. 9824).

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Hensley, D.A., 1986. Bothidae. p. 854-863. In M.M. Smith and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Smiths' sea fishes. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. (Ref. 4417)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 11 November 2019

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





Human uses

Fisheries: commercial; aquarium: commercial
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 23.8 - 29, mean 27.7 °C (based on 1590 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01000 (0.00426 - 0.02347), b=3.07 (2.89 - 3.25), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this Genus-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  4.4   ±0.0 se; based on diet studies.
Resilience (Ref. 120179):  Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (18 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Very high.
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 37.4 [14.6, 68.9] mg/100g; Iron = 0.5 [0.2, 0.9] mg/100g; Protein = 18.4 [16.9, 20.0] %; Omega3 = 0.0885 [, ] g/100g; Selenium = 41.6 [20.7, 91.1] μg/100g; VitaminA = 83.6 [21.4, 339.0] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.681 [0.436, 1.016] mg/100g (wet weight);