Scaldfish
Scaldfish | |
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Arnoglossus laterna | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Pleuronectiformes |
Family: | Bothidae |
Genus: | Arnoglossus Bleeker, 1862 |
Type species | |
Pleuronectes arnoglossus | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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]
- , 1954
- Norman, 1939 (Arabian flounder)
- , 1975
- (Bleeker, 1851) (spotless lefteye flounder)
- Norman, 1926 (Bass Strait flounder)
- (Hector, 1875)
- (Fowler, 1934) (brown lefteye flounder)
- Boulenger, 1898 (Cape scaldfish)
- (Steindachner, 1898)
- (von Bonde, 1922) (east coast flounder)
- (C. H. Gilbert, 1905) (weak lefteye flounder)
- M. C. W. Weber, 1913 (long lefteye flounder)
- J. D. Ogilby, 1898 (Fison's lefteye flounder)
- (Bonaparte, 1837)
- Arnoglossus imperialis (Rafinesque, 1810) (imperial scaldfish)
- C. L. Hubbs, 1915 (Japanese lefteye flounder)
- Arnoglossus kessleri , 1915 (scaldback)
- Arnoglossus laterna (Walbaum, 1792) (Mediterranean scaldfish)
- Alcock, 1889 (large-crested lefteye flounder)
- Klausewitz & M. Schneider, 1986
- , M. Arai & , 1997
- (Klunzinger, 1872) (Mueller's flounder)
- Parin, 1983
- & , 2000
- Amaoka, 1969 (sharp-snout lefteye flounder)
- (Günther, 1880) (many-spotted lefteye flounder)
- (Cocco, 1844) (Rüppell's scaldback)
- Amaoka & , 1990
- Arnoglossus scapha (J. R. Forster, 1801)
- Amaoka & , 2000
- (Bleeker, 1865) (drab flounder)
- Günther, 1880 (dwarf lefteye flounder)
- Arnoglossus thori Kyle, 1913 (Thor's scaldfish)
- Norman, 1926 (Waite's lefteye flounder)
- , & , 1988
References[]
- ^ Nicola Bailly (2014). Bailly N (ed.). "Arnoglossus Bleeker, 1862". FishBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Arnoglossus in FishBase. October 2012 version. in length.
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Categories:
- Scaldfish
- Bothidae
- Taxa named by Pieter Bleeker
- Pleuronectiformes stubs