Author: Delaroche, 1809

Bothus podas Delaroche, 1809

Diagnosis: dorsal fin with 85-95 rays, anal fin with 63-73 rays. Scales ctenoid on eyed and cycloid on blind side. Lateral line with 75-91 scales. Inter-orbital width much greater in male. Upper pectoral finrays not prolonged. Colour: see subspecies. Size: to about 45 cm SL.

Habitat: benthic on shallow depths. Food: small fishes and invertebrates. Reproduction: between May and August.

Distribution: Mediterranean and eastern Atlantic southward along African coast; also Madeira and the Canaries. Elsewhere, southward to Angola.

Subspecies

Bothus podas podas Delaroche, 1809 : lateralline with 75-86 scales, of which 13-20 form the lateral line curve. Eyed side light brown, with a varying number of darker spots; Mediterranean
and African coast south to Angola (Clofnam 196.1.1.1).
Eggs, larvae and young stages. Norman, 1934: 224 (references) | Padoa, 1956b: 810-814 | Bini, 1968, 8: 40, fig.
Otoliths (sagitta). Chaine, 1936: 52.

Bothus podas maderensis Lowe, 1834 : lateral line with 88-91 scales, of which 20-21 form the lateral line curve. Eyed side dark brown to dark violet, seldom with spots; Madeira and the Canaries (Clofnam 196.1.1.2).
Eggs, larvae and young stages. No data.
Otoliths (sagitta). No data.

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Subphylum Vertebrata
Superclass Gnathostomata
Class Osteichthyes
Order Pleuronectiformes
Suborder Pleuronectoidei
Family Bothidae
Genus Bothus
Species Bothus podas

Status in World Register of Marine Species

Accepted name: Bothus podas (Delaroche, 1809)

Scientific synonyms and common names

Bothus podas Delaroche, 1809

Synonyms:

none

Subspecies:

Bothus podas podas Delaroche, 1809
Pleuronectes podas Delaroche, 1809b, Ann. Mus. Hist. nat., 13: 354 (Ibiça, Balearic Isl.).
Bothus rumulo Rafinesque-Schmaltz, 1810a, Caratt. Gen. Spec. Sicil.: 23.
Pleuronectes mancus Risso, 1810, Ichth. Nice: 317 (Nice). Type: lost.
Rhombus rhomboides Bonaparte, 1832-1841, 1833, Icon. Fauna Italica, fasc. 4 (23) (Italy).
Rhombus podas: Bonaparte, 1832-1841, 1833: [24], fig.
Bothus podas: Bonaparte, 1846: 49 Moreau, 1881-1891, 1881, 3: 346 Kyle, 1913: 100, fig. Norman, 1934: 223-225, fig. 169 (synonyms and references) Bini, 1968, 8: 39-40, col. fig. Ben-Tuvia, 1971b: 34.

Bothus podas maderensis Lowe, 1834
Rhombus maderensis Lowe, 1834, Proc. zool. Soc. London, 1: 143 (Madeira).
Bothus podas maderensis: Nielsen, 1961: 119-120.

Common names:

pedás [Es]
rombo di rena [It]
rombou podas [Fr]
solha [Pr]
wide-eyed flounder [En]

Bini, G. 1967-1972. Atlante dei pesci delle Coste italiane. Mondo Sommerso, Milano, 9 vol: I, 1967, Leptocardi, Ciclostomi, Selaci, 206 p., 66 fig + 64 col. fig. II, 1971, Osteitti (Acipenseriformi, Clupeiformi, Mictofiformi, Anguilliformi), 300 p., 73 col. fig. III, 1970, Notacantiformi . . . Zeiformi, 229 p., 34 fig + 63 col. fig. IV, 1968, Perciformi (Mugiloidei, Percoidei), 163 p., 34 fig. + 49 col. fig. V, 1968, Perciformi (Percoidei), 175 p., 22 fig. + 56 col. fig. VI, 1968, Perciformi (Trichiuroidei . . . Blennioidei), 177 p., 48 fig + 57 col. fig. VII,1969, Perciformi (Ofidioidei . . . Dactilopteroidei), 196 p., 57 fig. + 59 col. fig. VIII,1968, Pleuronettiformi, Echeniformi, Gobioesociformi, Tetraodontiformi, Lofiformi, 164 p., 34 + 63 fig. IX, 1972, Introduzione. Parte generale. Aggiornamenti. Indici. 176 p.

Bini, G. 1968. Un Pesce Perciforme raro per i mari italiani (Lobotes surinamensis Bloch, 1790). Atti Soc. pelor. Sci. fis. mat. nat., 14 (1-2): 49-53, 1 fig.

Bonaparte, C. L. 1845. Catalogo metodico dei pesci europei. Atti. Soc. ital. Sci. nat., 1-95 (also publ. sep., Napoli, 1846, 97 p.).

Chaine, J. 1936. Recherches sur les otolithes des Poissons. . . (suite). Act. Soc. linn. Bordeaux, 88: 5-246, 15 pl.

Delaroche, F. E. 1809b. Suite du mémoire sur les espèces de poissons observées à Iviça. Observations sur quelques-uns des poissons indiqués dans le précédent tableau et descriptions des espèces nouvelles ou peu connues. Annls Mus. Hist. nat., Paris, 13: 313-361, pl. 20-25.

Kyle, H. M. 1913. Flat-fishes (Heterosomata). Rep. Dan. oceanogr. Exped. Mediterr., 1908-1910, 2: 1-150, 30 fig., 4 pl.

Lowe, R. T. 1834. Characters of a new genus Leirus and of several species of fishes from Madeira. Proc. zool. Soc. Lond., 1833 [1834], 1: 142-144.

Moreau, E. 1881-1891. Histoire naturelle des poissons de la France, Paris, I, 1881: I-VII + 1-480, fig. 1-82; II, 1881: 1-572, fig. 83-145; III, 1881: 1-697, fig. 146-220; Suppl., 1891: 1-144, fig. 221-227.

Nielsen, J. G. 1961. Psettodoidea and Pleuronectoidea (Pisces, Heterosomata). Atlantide Rep., (6): 101-127, fig. 1-8, pl. II (3 fig.).

Padoa, E. 1956b. Triglidae, Peristediidae, Dactylopteridae, Gobiidae, Echeneidae, Jugulares, Gobiesocidae, Heterosomata, Pediculati in Uova, larve e stadi giovanili di Teleostei. Fauna Flora Golfo Napoli, 38: 627-888, fig. 504-785, pl. XXXIX-L.

Rafinesque-Schmaltz, C. S. 1810a. Caratteri di alcuni nuovi generi e nuove specie di animali (principalmente di pesci) e piante della Sicilia, con varie osservazioni sopra i medisimi. Palermo, 105 p., 20 pl. (Reprint, 1967, Asher-Amsterdam.)

Risso, A. 1810. Ichthyologie de Nice, ou histoire naturelle des poissons du département des Alpes Maritimes. Paris, xxxvi + 388 p., 11 pl. (Reprint, 1966, Asher, Amsterdam.)

Bonaparte, C. L. 1832-1841. Iconografia della Fauna italica per le quattro classi degli Animali Vertebrati, tomo III, Pesci, Roma, without pagination, 75 puntate (in 30 fasc.), 78 pl. 1832: Fasc. I (Puntate 1-6), 2 pl.; 1833: II-V (7-28),12 pl.; 1834: VI-XI (29-58), 12 pl.; 1835: XII-XIV (59-79), 12 pl.; 1836: XV-XVIII (80-93), 10 pl.; 1837: XIX-XXI (94-103 & 105-109), 5 pl.; 1838: XXII-XXIII (104 & 110-120), 2 pl.; 1839: XXIV-XXVI (121-135), 8 pl.; 1840: XXVII-XXIX (136-154), 10 pl.; 1841: XXX (155-160), 5 pl.

Norman, J. R. 1934. A systematic monograph of the flatfishes (Heterosomata). Vol. 1. London, 459 p.

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