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Flowery flounder
Bothus mancus
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Flowery flounder
- Scientific
- Bothus mancus
- Dhivehi
- Velimadi
- Group
- Reef fish
- Maximum size
- Up to about 51 cm (NG); max. published weight 1.8 kg
- Depth and habitat
- Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats, recorded from 3 to 150 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2019
Description
A large lefteye flounder whose upper side is covered in pale, dark-edged rings and spots with three darker blotches along the lateral line; males have widely spaced eyes and a very long pectoral fin that they raise in display. It can change its colour to match the bottom almost perfectly. It lives on sand and rubble near reefs and hunts small fish and crustaceans.
In the Maldives
FishBase (Maldives) gives velimadi.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Bothus-mancus.html
- fishbase.se /comnames/CommonNamesList.php?ID=7641&GenusName=Bothus&SpeciesName=man
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Flounder_1.jpg
Dhivehi name source: FishBase common names (country: Maldives) give 'Velimadi' (Latin script). FLAG: single source.