Leopard flounder

Bothus pantherinus

Fish
IUCN: Least concern

Usual depth0–90 m
Water temperature20–30 °C
Best monthsApril, May, and October
How commonOccasional

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Photo credit: (c) Ben Costamagna, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

About this species

The leopard flounder or panther flounder, is a flatfish found in the Pacific and Indian Oceans.

Text from the Wikipedia article “Leopard flounder”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article

Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 106 records
February: 69 records
March: 85 records
April: 138 records
May: 164 records
June: 87 records
July: 131 records
August: 89 records
September: 135 records
October: 141 records
November: 117 records
December: 94 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 0–90 m · Deepest record: 690 m

0–10 m: 134 records
10–20 m: 12 records
20–30 m: 14 records
30–40 m: 15 records
40–50 m: 8 records
50–60 m: 3 records
60–70 m: 14 records
70–80 m: 5 records
80–90 m: 2 records
90–100 m: 2 records
100–110 m: 6 records
110+ m: 16 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 20–30 °C

20–22 °C: 5 records
22–24 °C: 12 records
24–26 °C: 63 records
26–28 °C: 112 records
28–30 °C: 110 records

Photos

(c) Jan Ebr & Ivana Ebrová, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
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(c) Susan Prior, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) portioid, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Daniel Benák, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
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(c) Jan Ebr & Ivana Ebrová, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

Names and classification

English: Leopard flounder, Panther flounder, leopard flounder, panther flounder, Panther Flounder, Leopard flounder

Names in 4 more languages

Spanish: Lenguado Leopardo
French: Rombou-léopard, Rombou Léopard, Turbot panthère
Japanese: Togedarumagarei, トゲダルマガレイ
Simplified Chinese: 半邊魚, 扁魚, 比目魚, 皇帝魚, 豹紋鮃, 豹纹鲆, 豹鮃

Other scientific names: Bothus pantherhines, Bothus pantherhinus, Passer marchionessarum, Platophrys pantherines, Platophrys pantherinus, Rhomboidichthys pantherinus, Rhombus pantherinus

Sources and credits

Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).

Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
1,241 open-data records from 1830 to 2023.
Species data updated October 26, 2026.

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