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Genus of fishes
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).
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Species
The 37 currently recognized species are:
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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 kotthausi
Klausewitz & Schneider, 1986
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) (Müller's flounder)
Arnoglossus multirastris
Parin , 1983
Arnoglossus nigrifrons
Amaoka &
Mihara , 2000
Arnoglossus nigrofilamentosus Fricke, Golani & Appelbaum-Golani, 2017 (Filamentous flounder)
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