Bothus pantherinus
Panther Flounder
As recorded: Bothus pantherinus (Rüppell, 1830)
Animalia › Chordata › Pleuronectiformes › Bothidae
- Collected by
- J.P. Welsh, V.E. Brock, and ~. Allen~. Allen →Vernon Brock →J.P. Welsh →
- Date
- March 26, 1949
- Locality
- Oahu; 3/4 to 1 mile off Waianae coast
- Island
- Oʻahu
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Collected the same day
On March 26, 1949, J.P. Welsh, V.E. Brock, and ~. Allen also collected 1 other specimen.
Bothus pantherinus observed alive
This specimen was collected in 1949. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 766 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-23.
2026-10-23
El Qousseir, El Qoseir, Mer Rouge, Égypte
(c) Virginie Zajdel, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-22
Port Ghalib, Marsa Alam, Red Sea Governorate, Égypte
(c) Virginie Zajdel, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-19
North Pacific Ocean, Pūpūkea, HI, US
(c) thegeckoguy907, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-03
Al-Ghurdaqah, EG-BA, EG
(c) Andrey Danilin, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-03
Red Sea, Rotes Meer, EG
(c) fuchsii, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-03
Cufra, Libia
(c) ilbuonsimone, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
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Cite this specimen
Bothus pantherinus. BPBM 25465. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 35586425. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/i/25465.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 35586425 ↗
- Data license: CC0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026