Thescaldfishescomprise agenus,Arnoglossus,oflefteye flounders.They are found in the Pacific, Indian and Atlantic Oceans, including theMediterraneanandBlack Sea.They are entirely absent from most of the Americas; the only exceptions areA. coeruleostictaandA. multirastrisfound offChile.The genus include both species found in shallow and deeper water. The largest species reaches 28 cm (11 in).[2]
| Scaldfish | |
|---|---|
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| Arnoglossus laterna | |
Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Carangiformes |
| Family: | Bothidae |
| Genus: | Arnoglossus Bleeker,1862 |
| Type species | |
| Pleuronectes arnoglossus | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
Species
editThe 37 currently recognized species are:[2]
- Arnoglossus andrewsiKurth,1954
- Arnoglossus arabicusNorman,1939(Arabian flounder)
- Arnoglossus armstrongiE. O. G. Scott,1975
- Arnoglossus aspilos(Bleeker,1851)(spotless lefteye flounder)
- Arnoglossus bassensisNorman,1926(Bass Strait flounder)
- Arnoglossus boops(Hector,1875)
- Arnoglossus brunneus(Fowler,1934)(brown lefteye flounder)
- Arnoglossus capensisBoulenger,1898(Cape scaldfish)
- Arnoglossus coeruleosticta(Steindachner,1898)
- Arnoglossus dalgleishi(von Bonde,1922)(east coast flounder)
- Arnoglossus debilis(C. H. Gilbert,1905)(weak lefteye flounder)
- Arnoglossus elongatusM. C. W. Weber,1913(long lefteye flounder)
- Arnoglossus fisoniJ. D. Ogilby,1898(Fison's lefteye flounder)
- Arnoglossus grohmanni(Bonaparte,1837)
- Arnoglossus imperialis(Rafinesque,1810)(imperial scaldfish)
- Arnoglossus japonicusC. L. Hubbs,1915(Japanese lefteye flounder)
- Arnoglossus kessleriP. J. Schmidt,1915(scaldback)
- Arnoglossus kotthausiKlausewitz& Schneider, 1986
- Arnoglossus laterna(Walbaum,1792)(Mediterranean scaldfish)
- Arnoglossus macrolophusAlcock,1889(large-crested lefteye flounder)
- Arnoglossus marisrubriKlausewitz& M. Schneider, 1986
- Arnoglossus micrommatusAmaoka,M. Arai&M. F. Gomon,1997
- Arnoglossus muelleri(Klunzinger,1872)(Müller's flounder)
- Arnoglossus multirastrisParin,1983
- Arnoglossus nigrifronsAmaoka&Mihara,2000
- Arnoglossus nigrofilamentosusFricke, Golani & Appelbaum-Golani, 2017(Filamentous flounder)
- Arnoglossus oxyrhynchusAmaoka, 1969(sharp-snout lefteye flounder)
- Arnoglossus polyspilus(Günther,1880)(many-spotted lefteye flounder)
- Arnoglossus rueppelii(Cocco,1844)(Rüppell's scaldback)
- Arnoglossus sayaensisAmaoka &Imamura,1990
- Arnoglossus scapha(J. R. Forster,1801)
- Arnoglossus septemventralisAmaoka &Mihara,2000
- Arnoglossus tapeinosoma(Bleeker,1865)(drab flounder)
- Arnoglossus tenuisGünther,1880(dwarf lefteye flounder)
- Arnoglossus thoriKyle,1913(Thor's scaldfish)
- Arnoglossus waiteiNorman,1926(Waite's lefteye flounder)
- Arnoglossus yamanakaiFukui,Yamada&Ozawa,1988
References
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- ^Nicola Bailly (2014). Bailly N (ed.)."ArnoglossusBleeker, 1862 ".FishBase.World Register of Marine Species.Retrieved18 March2018.
- ^abFroese, Rainer;Pauly, Daniel (eds.)."Species in genusArnoglossus".FishBase.March 2024 version.in length.
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