Plate fish

Plate fish
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Pleuronectiformes
Family: Bothidae
Genus: Bothus
Species:
B. lunatus
Binomial name
Bothus lunatus
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
  • Platophrys lunatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Pleuronectes argus Bloch, 1783
  • Pleuronectes lunatus Linnaeus, 1758
  • Rhomboidichthys lunatus (Linnaeus, 1758)

The plate fish (Bothus lunatus) is a flounder in the genus Bothus, found in the warmer parts of the Atlantic including the Caribbean. Its typical habitat is sandy plains near coral reefs and it is able to change its colouring to make it well-camouflaged in this environment. It is sometimes known as the peacock flounder, a name also given to the closely related Bothus mancus from the Indo-Pacific.[2]

  1. ^ Munroe, T. (2015). "Bothus lunatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T190102A16510777. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T190102A16510777.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. ^ Pauly, Daniel; Froese, Rainer. "Common names of Bothus manthus". FishBase. Retrieved 2014-05-08.