WoRMS taxon details
Bothus lunatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
274187 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:274187)
accepted
Species
Bothus lunulatus (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Platophrys lunatus (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted
Pleuronectes argus Bloch, 1783 · unaccepted
Pleuronectes lunatus Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted
Rhomboidichthys lunatus (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted
Romboidichthys lunatus (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted (misspelling)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Pleuronectes lunatus Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors 
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Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Bothus lunatus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=274187 on 2026-09-07
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Pleuronectes argus Bloch, 1783) Bloch, M. E. (1783). M. Marcus Elieser Bloch's ..., ausübenden Arztes zu Berlin, Oekonomische Naturgeschichte der Fische Deutschlands. <em>Berlin.</em> v. 2: 1-192, Pls. 38-72., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.46381
page(s): 51, Pl. 48 [details]
original description (of Pleuronectes lunatus Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 51, Pl. 48 [details]
original description (of Pleuronectes lunatus Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors
[request]Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
context source (Bermuda)
Smith-Vaniz, W. F.; Collette, B. B.; Luckhurst, B. E (1999). Fishes of Bermuda: History, zoogeography, annotated checklist, and identification keys
(American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists - Special Publication No.4)
. ASIH, 424 pp. [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (17 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Bothus lunulatus (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Rhomboidichthys lunatus (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications) (from synonym Pleuronectes lunatus Linnaeus, 1758)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (22 publications) (from synonym Pleuronectes argus Bloch, 1783)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (38 publications) (from synonym Platophrys lunatus (Linnaeus, 1758))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Bothus lunatus)
To FishBase (from synonym Rhomboidichthys lunatus (Linnaeus, 1758))
To FishBase (from synonym Pleuronectes lunatus Linnaeus, 1758)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Pleuronectes argus Bloch, 1783)
To FishBase (from synonym Romboidichthys lunatus (Linnaeus, 1758))
To FishBase (from synonym Bothus lunulatus (Linnaeus, 1758))
To FishBase (from synonym Platophrys lunatus (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Fishipedia
To GenBank (39 nucleotides; 38 proteins)
To GenBank (39 nucleotides; 38 proteins) (from synonym Pleuronectes lunatus Linnaeus, 1758)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Bothus lunatus USNM 414135 eyed side view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Bothus lunatus USNM 414136 eyed side view)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Bothus lunulatus (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Rhomboidichthys lunatus (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications) (from synonym Pleuronectes lunatus Linnaeus, 1758)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (22 publications) (from synonym Pleuronectes argus Bloch, 1783)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (38 publications) (from synonym Platophrys lunatus (Linnaeus, 1758))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Bothus lunatus)
To FishBase (from synonym Rhomboidichthys lunatus (Linnaeus, 1758))
To FishBase (from synonym Pleuronectes lunatus Linnaeus, 1758)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Pleuronectes argus Bloch, 1783)
To FishBase (from synonym Romboidichthys lunatus (Linnaeus, 1758))
To FishBase (from synonym Bothus lunulatus (Linnaeus, 1758))
To FishBase (from synonym Platophrys lunatus (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Fishipedia
To GenBank (39 nucleotides; 38 proteins)
To GenBank (39 nucleotides; 38 proteins) (from synonym Pleuronectes lunatus Linnaeus, 1758)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Bothus lunatus USNM 414135 eyed side view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Bothus lunatus USNM 414136 eyed side view)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
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