Scaldfish
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 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
The following fossil species are also known:
- †Arnoglossus bassanianus(Kramberger, 1883) (Middle Miocene of Croatia and Kazakhstan)[3]
- †Arnoglossus disparSchwarzhans et al., 2024 (middle Miocene of Ukraine) [otolith][4]
- †Arnoglossus distinctusSvichenskaya, 1981 (early Miocene of North Caucasus, Russia)[3][5]
- †Arnoglossus holleriWeinfurter, 1952 (early to middle Miocene of Europe) [otolith][6]
- †ArnoglossusovalisSvichenskaya, 1981 (early Miocene of North Caucasus, Russia)[3][5]
- †Arnoglossus sauvagei(Capellini, 1878) (=†Citharichthys oranensisArambourg, 1927) (Late Miocene of Italy and Algeria)[3][7][8]
- †Arnoglossus sumgaiticusSvichenskaya, 1981 (early Miocene of North Caucasus, Russia)[3][5]
References
- ↑Nicola Bailly (2014). Bailly N (ed.). "Arnoglossus Bleeker, 1862". FishBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
- 12Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Arnoglossus". FishBase. March 2024 version. in length.
- 12345Schwarzhans, Werner; Carnevale, Giorgio; Japundžić, Sanja; Bradić-Milinović, Katarina (2017). "Otoliths in situ from Sarmatian (Middle Miocene) fishes of the Paratethys. Part V: Bothidae and Soleidae". Swiss Journal of Palaeontology. 136 (1): 109–127. Bibcode:2017SwJP..136..109S. doi:10.1007/s13358-017-0128-7. ISSN 1664-2384.
- ↑Schwarzhans, Werner; Klots, Oleksandr; Kovalchuk, Oleksandr; Dubikovska, Anastasiia; Ryabokon, Tamara; Kovalenko, Volodymyr (2024-09-08). "Life on a Miocene barrier reef – fish communities and environments in the Medobory backreef". Palaeontologia Electronica. 27 (3): 1–44. doi:10.26879/1429. ISSN 1094-8074.
- 123Svichenskaya, A. A.; Svichenskaya, A. A. (1981-01-01). "New species of Pleuronectiformes from the Caucasian miocene". Paleontological Journal. 1: 127–131. ISSN 0031-0301.
- ↑Agiadi, Konstantina; Koskeridou, Efterpi; Thivaiou, Danae (2021-07-26). "At the crossroads: early Miocene marine fishes of the proto-Mediterranean Sea". Fossil Record. 24 (2): 233–246. Bibcode:2021FossR..24..233A. doi:10.5194/fr-24-233-2021. ISSN 2193-0066.
- ↑"BSPI Vol. 64(2) - Bollettino della Società Paleontologica Italiana" (in Italian). Retrieved 2025-07-09.
- ↑Gaudant, Jean (2008). "Paléobiodiversité et paléoenvironnements: l'exemple des gisements de poissons téléostéens du Messinien préévaporitique d'Oran et du bassin du Chélif (Algérie)". Geodiversitas. 30 (1): 141–163.
Categories:
- Scaldfish
- Bothidae
- Taxa named by Pieter Bleeker
- Pleuronectoidei stubs