Biology:Scaldfish

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Short description: Genus of fishes

Scaldfish
Arnoglossus laterna 2.jpg
Arnoglossus laterna
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Pleuronectiformes
Family: Bothidae
Genus: Arnoglossus
Bleeker, 1862
Type species
Pleuronectes arnoglossus
Bloch & Schneider, 1801
Synonyms[1]
  • Anticitharus Günther, 1880
  • Caulopsetta Gill, 1893
  • Charybdia Facciolà, 1885
  • Kyleia Chabanaud, 1931

The scaldfishes comprise a genus, Arnoglossus, of lefteye flounders. They are found in the Pacific, Indian and Atlantic Oceans, including the Mediterranean and Black Sea. They are entirely absent from most of the Americas; the only exceptions are A. coeruleosticta and A. multirastris found off Chile . The genus include both species found in shallow and deeper water. The largest species reaches 28 cm (11 in).[2]

Species

The 35 currently recognized species are:[2]

  • Arnoglossus andrewsi Kurth, 1954
  • Arnoglossus arabicus Norman, 1939 (Arabian flounder)
  • Arnoglossus armstrongi E. O. G. Scott, 1975
  • Arnoglossus aspilos (Bleeker, 1851) (spotless lefteye flounder)
  • Arnoglossus bassensis Norman, 1926 (Bass Strait flounder)
  • Arnoglossus boops (Hector, 1875)
  • Arnoglossus brunneus (Fowler, 1934) (brown lefteye flounder)
  • Arnoglossus capensis Boulenger, 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 elongatus M. C. W. Weber, 1913 (long lefteye flounder)
  • Arnoglossus fisoni J. D. Ogilby, 1898 (Fison's lefteye flounder)
  • Arnoglossus grohmanni (Bonaparte, 1837)
  • Arnoglossus imperialis (Rafinesque, 1810) (imperial scaldfish)
  • Arnoglossus japonicus C. L. Hubbs, 1915 (Japanese lefteye flounder)
  • Arnoglossus kessleri P. J. Schmidt, 1915 (scaldback)
  • Arnoglossus laterna (Walbaum, 1792) (Mediterranean scaldfish)
  • Arnoglossus macrolophus Alcock, 1889 (large-crested lefteye flounder)
  • Arnoglossus marisrubri Klausewitz & M. Schneider, 1986
  • Arnoglossus micrommatus Amaoka, M. Arai & M. F. Gomon, 1997
  • Arnoglossus muelleri (Klunzinger, 1872) (Mueller's flounder)
  • Arnoglossus multirastris Parin, 1983
  • Arnoglossus nigrifrons Amaoka & Mihara, 2000
  • Arnoglossus oxyrhynchus Amaoka, 1969 (sharp-snout lefteye flounder)
  • Arnoglossus polyspilus (Günther, 1880) (many-spotted lefteye flounder)
  • Arnoglossus rueppelii (Cocco, 1844) (Rüppell's scaldback)
  • Arnoglossus sayaensis Amaoka & Imamura, 1990
  • Arnoglossus scapha (J. R. Forster, 1801)
  • Arnoglossus septemventralis Amaoka & Mihara, 2000
  • Arnoglossus tapeinosoma (Bleeker, 1865) (drab flounder)
  • Arnoglossus tenuis Günther, 1880 (dwarf lefteye flounder)
  • Arnoglossus thori Kyle, 1913 (Thor's scaldfish)
  • Arnoglossus waitei Norman, 1926 (Waite's lefteye flounder)
  • Arnoglossus yamanakai Fukui, Yamada & Ozawa, 1988

References

  1. Nicola Bailly (2014). "Arnoglossus Bleeker, 1862". FishBase. World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126109. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Arnoglossus in FishBase. October 2012 version. in length.

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