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Bothus pantherinus Leopard flounder

Bothus pantherinusis commonly referred to as Leopard flounder. Difficulty in the aquarium: Only for advanced aquarists. A aquarium size of at least 5000 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.


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lexID:
2751 
AphiaID:
219795 
Scientific:
Bothus pantherinus 
German:
Panther-Butt 
English:
Leopard Flounder 
Category:
Flounders & Soles 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Pleuronectiformes (Order) > Bothidae (Family) > Bothus (Genus) > pantherinus (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Rüppell, ), 1830 
Occurrence:
Sudan, Vereinigte Arabische Emirate, Hong Kong, Djibouti, Kuwait, Eritrea, (the) Maldives, American Samoa, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Australia, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Central Pazific, China, Christmas Islands, Comores, Cook Islands, Egypt, Fiji, French Polynesia, Gilbert Islands, Guam, Gulf of Oman / Oman, Hawaii, India, Indian Ocean, Indonesia, Irak, Iran, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Kiribati, Lord Howe Island, Madagascar, Malaysia, Marquesas Islands, Marschall Islands, Mauritius, Mayotte, Micronesia, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nauru, New Caledonia, Norfolk Island, Northern Mariana Islands, Pakistan, Palau, Papua, Papua New Guinea, Paracel-Islands, Philippines, Quatar, Raja Amat, Red Sea, Réunion , Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South-Africa, Spratly Islands, Sri Lanka, Sumatra, Tahiti, Taiwan, Tansania, Thailand, The Bangai Archipelago, The Chagos Archipelago (the Chagos Islands), the Cocos Islands / Keeling Islands, the Seychelles, Timor, Tonga, Tuamoto Islands, Tuvalu, United States Minor Outlying Islands, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Wake Atoll, Western Pacific Ocean, Yemen 
Sea depth:
3 - 150 Meter 
Size:
up to 13.78" (35 cm) 
Temperature:
73.4 °F - 80.6 °F (23°C - 27°C) 
Food:
Crustaceans, Fish (little fishes) 
Tank:
1099.89 gal (~ 5000L)  
Difficulty:
Only for advanced aquarists 
Offspring:
Not available as offspring 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Least concern (LC)  
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Catalog of Life:
 
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Last edit:
2020-07-15 22:37:34 

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Bothus pantherinus (Rüppell, 1830)

Bothus pantherinus, also known as Panther flounder, is found widespread in Indo-Western and Central Pacific. This species belongs to the so-called 'left eye flounder, " this means, his right eye has moved with grow to an adult animal on the left side of this body.

The Panther flounder has a mostly brown base color with a clearly visible dark spot in the collateral line, because the animals can adapt perfectly to there respective surface, vary their body color. Just in case they swim near the surface, this adaptation goes so far that they appear to mostly translucent.

Bothus pantherinus feeds Carnivore, this saying it eat smaller fish and shrimps as well as crabs and is not to socialize with small fish and shrimp in a traditional reef aquarium.

There natural habitat is usually the inner side of coral reefs and lagoons and areas with sandy or muddy grounds. Juvenils are found quite often in tidal pools.

Synonymised names:
Bothus pantherhines (Rüppell, 1830) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Bothus pantherhinus (Rüppell, 1830) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Passer marchionessarum Valenciennes, 1846 · unaccepted
Platophrys pantherines (Rüppell, 1830) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Platophrys pantherinus (Rüppell, 1830) · unaccepted
Rhomboidichthys pantherinus (Rüppell, 1830) · unaccepted
Rhombus pantherinus Rüppell, 1830 · unaccepted

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Bothus pantherinus - Panther-Butt - Panther Flounder - MLE - Thudufushi - Hausriff
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Husbandry know-how of owners

am 21.07.09#1
Dieser Butt ist relativ schnell an Frostfutter zu gewöhnen, wobei er sehr gerne Mysis und Krill nimmt. Er frisst erstaunlich große Tiere, die er auch frei schwimmend durch das Becken "jagt".
Zur leichteren Umstellung gabs am Anfang lebende Guppies und Sandgarnelen.

Wir halten den Butt alleine, aber auf Grund des Fressverhaltens empfehle ich nur Tiere ab Demoisellengröße aufwärts zu vergesellschaften (bei einem halbwüchsigen Tier (ca. 20 cm). Ein erwachsener Butt frisst mit Sicherheit Fische und Krebstiere bis 5 cm Länge.

Viele Fische sind sehr interessant, dieser ist dazu auch noch sehr interessiert. Ständig hängt er an der Frontscheibe und beobachtet, was im Raum so vor sich geht.
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