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Arnoglossus
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).
24 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 24 known species
Mediterranean Scaldfish
speciesArnoglossus laterna
Thor's Scaldfish
speciesArnoglossus thori
Grohmann's Scald-fish
speciesArnoglossus grohmanni
Imperial Scaldfish
speciesArnoglossus imperialis
Fison's Flounder
speciesArnoglossus fisoni
Arnoglossus dalgleishi
speciesArnoglossus dalgleishi
Arnoglossus brunneus
speciesArnoglossus brunneus
Arnoglossus nigrofilamentosus
speciesArnoglossus nigrofilamentosus
Arnoglossus capensis
speciesArnoglossus capensis
Arnoglossus coeruleosticta
speciesArnoglossus coeruleosticta
Arnoglossus blachei
speciesArnoglossus blachei
Arnoglossus debilis
speciesArnoglossus debilis
Arnoglossus yamanakai
speciesArnoglossus yamanakai
Long Lefteye Flounder
speciesArnoglossus elongatus
Arnoglossus septemventralis
speciesArnoglossus septemventralis
Arnoglossus sayaensis
speciesArnoglossus sayaensis
Arnoglossus oxyrhynchus
speciesArnoglossus oxyrhynchus
Arnoglossus kotthausi
speciesArnoglossus kotthausi
Arnoglossus marisrubri
speciesArnoglossus marisrubri
Darkbrow Flounder
speciesArnoglossus nigrifrons
Largecrest Lefteye Flounder
speciesArnoglossus macrolophus
Japanese Lefteye Flounder
speciesArnoglossus japonicus
Arnoglossus arabicus
speciesArnoglossus arabicus
Rüppell's Scaldfish
speciesArnoglossus rueppelii
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 86641.