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title: "Gevlekte dwergtarbot"
description: "Bothus podas — Vissen. 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."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/wide-eyed-flounder
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Gevlekte dwergtarbot

> Bothus podas — Vissen. 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.

- Scientific name: *Bothus podas*
- Category: `fish` (Vissen)
- Habitats: `sea` (Zee en kust)
- iNaturalist observations: 2991
- Wikidata: [Q2095030](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2095030)
- iNaturalist taxon: [118640](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/118640)

## Names

- en: Wide-eyed Flounder
- de: Weitaugenbutt
- es: Poda
- fr: Rombou podas
- nl: Gevlekte dwergtarbot

## Countries with the most observations

ES (1149), FR (599), GR (475), IT (332), PT (69), TR (49), HR (47), CY (23), MT (22), ME (14), DZ (12), CV (5)

## Summary

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.
During the reproductive season, males court and mate successively with females in their territories, and females seem to show mating fidelity to their dominant male. Data also show that courtship plays an important role in determining male success in mating.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bothus_podas

## Photo

![Gevlekte dwergtarbot](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/wide-eyed-flounder/medium.jpg)

Photo: Mirela · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/123588251

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/wide-eyed-flounder?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).