''Parabothus'' is a
genus
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of
fish
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in the
family
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Bothidae
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native to the
Indian
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and
Pacific Ocean
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.
Species
There are currently 10 recognized species in this genus:
* ''
Parabothus amaokai''
Parin, 1983
* ''
Parabothus budkeri''
( Chabanaud, 1943)
* ''
Parabothus chlorospilus''
( C. H. Gilbert, 1905)
* ''
Parabothus coarctatus''
( C. H. Gilbert, 1905)
* ''
Parabothus filipes''
Amaoka, Mihara & Rivaton, 1997
* ''
Parabothus kiensis''
( S. Tanaka (I), 1918)
* ''
Parabothus malhensis
''Parabothus'' is a genus of fish in the family Bothidae native to the Indian and Pacific Ocean.
Species
There are currently 10 recognized species in this genus:
* '' Parabothus amaokai'' Parin, 1983
* '' Parabothus budkeri'' ( Chabanaud, 1943) ...
''
(Regan
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, 1908)
* ''
Parabothus polylepis''
( Alcock, 1889) (Many-scaled flounder)
* ''
Parabothus rotundifrons''
Voronina, Pruvost & Causse
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, 2017 [Voronina, E., Pruvost, P. & Causse, R. (2017): ''Parabothus rotundifrons'' (Pleuronectiformes: Bothidae), a new bothid flatfish from Saya de Malha Bank (Indian Ocean). ''Cybium, 40 (4): 275-280.'']
* ''
Parabothus taiwanensis''
Amaoka & S. C. Shen, 1993
References
Bothidae
Ray-finned fish genera
Taxa named by John Roxborough Norman
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