#2212 · 🐟 fish

Wide-eyed Flounder

🇳🇱 Gevlekte dwergtarbot ·Bothus podas

LCleast concern 🐟 Fish 📍 in Europe, not in NL

7 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Frédéric ANDRE · CC BY-NC 4.0
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3. © Stergios Vasilis · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
4. © Bart · CC BY 4.0
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what is it?

Bothus podas , also known as the wide-eyed flounder , is a flounder in the genus Bothus , native to the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Coast of Africa.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 3,057iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
3,057 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by François Étienne de La Roche in 1809 (217 years ago).

fact sheet

English: Wide-eyed Flounder
Nederlands: Gevlekte dwergtarbot
scientific name: Bothus podas
class: Actinopterygii
order: Carangiformes
family: Bothidae
IUCN Red List: LC · least concern
sightings in NL: 0
sightings in Europe: 1,979
sightings worldwide: 3,057
GBIF records in NL: 0
weight: —
length: —
lifespan: —
named: 1809 by François Étienne de La Roche

IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 118640, Wikidata Q2095030, GBIF 5213852, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.