Miobothus Chanet and Schultz 1994 (flatfish)

Osteichthyes - Pleuronectiformes - Bothidae

Full reference: B. Chanet and O. Schultz. 1994. Pleuronectiform fishes from the Upper Badenian (Middle Miocene) of St. Margarethen (Austria). Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien. Serie A für Mineralogie und Petrographie, Geologie und Paläontologie, Anthropologie und Prähistorie 96:95-115

Parent taxon: Bothidae according to B. Chanet and O. Schultz 1994

Sister taxa: Arnoglossus, Bothidarum, Bothus, Caulopsetta, Grammatobothus, Laeops, Monolene, Oligobothus, Peltorhamphus, Taeniopsetta

Subtaxa: Miobothus weissi

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Type: Miobothus weissi

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Leitha Limestone Quarry (Miocene of Austria)

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