Bothus podas (Delaroche 1809) —Wide-eyed flounder Taxonomy. First record from Lebanon as Bothus podas Delar. = Rhomboïdichthys podas, Günth. by Gruvel (1931: 82); subsequently recorded as Bothus podas (De la Roche 1809) by George et al. (1964: 24); as Bothus podas podas (Delaroche) by Mouneimné (1977: 66); as Bothus podas podas (Delaroche 1809) by Mouneimné (2002: 235); recently recorded as Bothus podas by Harmelin-Vivien et al. (2005: 628). Material in collection: ANSP, AUBM, BMNH, FMNH, SMNS and USNM. Distribution. Mediterranean Sea, eastern Atlantic: Gibraltar south to Angola, including offshore islands. Conservation. IUCN: Global (LC: 13 May 2013); Med. (LC: 27 February 2008). Capture and threats: FIT, FIB, HAB, unknown. Occurrence: Common. Low priority for conservation action.

Published as part of Bariche, Michel & Fricke, Ronald, 2020, The marine ichthyofauna of Lebanon: an annotated checklist, history, biogeography, and conservation status, pp. 1-157 in Zootaxa 4775 (1) on page 100, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4775.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3983887