Witch (lefteye flounder)

This article is about the Pacific flatfish species. For the Atlantic species, see Megrim and Torbay sole.
Witch
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Pleuronectiformes
Family: Bothidae
Genus: Arnoglossus
Species: A. scapha
Binomial name
Arnoglossus scapha
(J. R. Forster, 1801)
Synonyms
  • Pleuronectes scapha Forster, 1801

The witch, Arnoglossus scapha, is a lefteye flounder of the family Bothidae, found around China and New Zealand, in waters less than 400 m in depth. Their length is from 20 to 40 cm.

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