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Mottled Flounder

Bothus maculiferus

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Panama.January 0, February 0, March 0, April 2, May 0, June 0, July 0, August 0, September 0, October 0, November 0, December 0.
Panama2
Provincia de Bocas del Toro2
Mexico1
Quintana Roo1

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • AquaticLives primarily in waterFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassRay-finned Fishes · Actinopterygii
OrderJacks, Flounders, Barracudas, and Allies · Carangiformes
FamilyLefteye Flounders · Bothidae
GenusBothus

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Mottled Flounder with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.