Bothus podas

Bothus podas, also known as the wide-eyed flounder, is a flounder in the genus Bothus, native to the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Coast of Africa.

Phylum:Chordata

Class:Actinopterygii

Order:Carangiformes

Suborder:Pleuronectoidei

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Wide-eyed flounder
Bothus podas in Croatia
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Carangiformes
Suborder:	Pleuronectoidei
Family:	Bothidae
Genus:	Bothus
Species:	B. podas
Binomial name
Bothus podas (Delaroche, 1809)
Synonyms[2]
Bothus africanus Nielsen, 1961 Bothus diaphanus Rafinesque, 1814 Peloria heckelii Cocco, 1844 Platophrys podas (Delaroche, 1809) Pleuronectes podas Delaroche, 1809 Rhomboidichthys podas (Delaroche, 1809) Rhombus gesneri Risso, 1827 Rhombus heterophthalmus Bennett, 1831 Rhombus maderensis Lowe, 1834 Rhombus serratus Valenciennes, 1839 Solea rhomboide Rafinesque, 1810

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During the reproductive season, males court and mate successively with females in their territories, and females seem to show mating fidelity to their dominant male. Data also show that courtship plays an important role in determining male success in mating.^[3]