Mediterranean scaldfish
| Mediterranean scaldfish | |
|---|---|
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| A fully grown scaldfish from the southern North Sea | |
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| A scaldfish larva, measuring approximately 9 millimetres (0.35 in) in length | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Osteichthyes |
| Order: | Pleuronectiformes |
| Family: | Bothidae |
| Genus: | Arnoglossus |
| Species: | A. laterna |
| Binomial name | |
| Arnoglossus laterna (Walbaum, 1792 ) | |
The Mediterranean scaldfish (Arnoglossus laterna) is a species of bottom feeder benthic fish belonging to the family Bothidae.[1]
Description
Like other species of the order Pleuronectiformes, scaldfish is a flatfish with a body length of 12 to 20 cm. It has pale yellow, large, ruffled scales.
Distribution
It is found in the coasts of East Atlantic Ocean (from Norway to Angola), the Mediterranean Sea and Black Sea.[2]
References
- ↑ "Arnoglossus laterna (Walbaum, 1792)". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 18 November 2010.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). "Arnoglossus laterna" in FishBase. September 2012 version.
External links
- Arnoglossus laterna at the Catalogue of Life
- "Arnoglossus laterna". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).
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