Peacock flounder
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This article is about the Indo-Pacific species. For the Atlantic, see Bothus lunatus.
The peacock flounder (Bothus mancus), also known as the flowery flounder, is a species of fish in the family Bothidae (lefteye flounders). The species is found widely in relatively shallow waters in the Indo-Pacific, also ranging into warmer parts of the East Pacific.[2]
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Peacock flounder | |
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Bothus mancus in Polynesia | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Pleuronectiformes |
Family: | Bothidae |
Genus: | Bothus |
Species: | B. mancus |
Binomial name | |
Bothus mancus (Broussonet, 1782) | |
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