Florent's Guide To The

Eastern Pacific Reefs

Pacific Leopard Flounder
Bothus leopardinus
Pacific Leopard Flounder
Category: Lefteye Flounders
Scientific Name: Bothus leopardinus
Size: Up to 9 in. (23 cm)  
Depth: 10-350 ft. (3-107 m)
Distribution: Gulf of California, Pacific Coast of Mexico to Panama
Chordata (Phylum) Chordates
└Vertebrata (Subphylum) Vertebrates
 └Osteichthyes (Parvphylum) Bony Fishes
  └Actinopterygii (Gigaclass) Ray-Finned Fish
   └Teleostei (Class) Teleosts
    └Pleuronectiformes (Order) Flatfishes
     └Bothidae (Family) Lefteye Flounders
      └Bothus (Genus)
       └B. leopardinus (Species)
WoRMS ID: 274186🔗
iNaturalist ID: 95919🔗

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