Author: Walbaum, 1792

Arnoglossus laterna Walbaum, 1792

Diagnosis: body oval, very thin, almost transparent. Snout as long as or longer than diameter of eye. Lateral line with 50-56 scales. Colour: eyed side brownish or greyish, sometimes with irregular darker markings. Size: to about 20 cm SL.

Habitat: benthic on mixed or muddy bottoms down to about 200 m. Food: small fishes and invertebrates. Reproduction: between April and August .

Distribution: eastern Atlantic, from Trondheim to Cape Blanc (21° N) and Mediterranean.

Eggs, larvae and young stages. Ehrenbaum, l905: 189-192 | Kyle, 1913: 65 | Padoa, 1956b: 795-800 | Varagnolo, 1964: 265, pl. 3 (fig. 17).
Otoliths (sagitta). Bauzá-Rullán, 1958b: 115.

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Subphylum Vertebrata
Superclass Gnathostomata
Class Osteichthyes
Order Pleuronectiformes
Suborder Pleuronectoidei
Family Bothidae
Genus Arnoglossus
Species Arnoglossus laterna

Status in World Register of Marine Species

Accepted name: Arnoglossus laterna (Walbaum, 1792)

Scientific synonyms and common names

Arnoglossus laterna Walbaum, 1792

Synonyms:

Arnoglossus macrostoma Kyle, 1913.
Pleuronectes laterna Walbaum, 1792, Artedi Ichth., ed. 2, (3): 121.
Pleuronectes conspersus Canestrini, 1861, Arch. Zool. Anat. Fisiol., Genova, l: l0.
Arnoglossus laterna macrostoma Kyle, 1913, Rep. Dan. oceanogr. Exped. Mediterr., 2 (Biol.) (Al): 64 (Mediterranean). Lectotype: BMNH no. 93.2.28.29.
Arnoglossus laterna microstoma Kyle, 1913, Rep. Dan. oceanogr. Exped. Mediterr., 2 (Biol.) (Al): 64 (Mediterranean and off western Europe).
Arnoglossus laterna: Norman, 1934: 178-179, fig. 126 (additional synonyms) Torchio, 1959: 4; 1962c: 670 Ben-Tuvia, 1971b: 34.


Common names:

fausse limande [Fr]
Lammzunge [De]
scaldfish [En]
serrandel [Es]
suacia [It]
schurftvis [Ne]

Ben-Tuvia, A. 1971b. Revised list of the Mediterranean Fishes of Israel. Israel J. Zool., 20: 1-39.

Canestrini, G. 1861. Catalogo dei pesci del golfo di Genova. Arch. Zool. Anat. Fisiol., 1: 262-267.

Ehrenbaum, E. 1905-1909. Eier und Larven von Fischen der Nordischen Planktons, Teil I, 1905, 4: iv + I 1-I 216 + iii, fig. 1-82; Teil II, 1909, 10: I 217-I 413, fig. 83-147.

Kyle, H. M. 1913. Flat-fishes (Heterosomata). Rep. Dan. oceanogr. Exped. Mediterr., 1908-1910, 2: 1-150, 30 fig., 4 pl.

Norman, J. R. 1934. A systematic monograph of the flatfishes (Heterosomata). Vol. 1. London, 459 p.

Padoa, E. 1956b. Triglidae, Peristediidae, Dactylopteridae, Gobiidae, Echeneidae, Jugulares, Gobiesocidae, Heterosomata, Pediculati in Uova, larve e stadi giovanili di Teleostei. Fauna Flora Golfo Napoli, 38: 627-888, fig. 504-785, pl. XXXIX-L.

Torchio, M. 1959 Revisione degli Arnoglossus (Pisces Pleuronectiformes) del Mar Ligure. Doriana, 3 (102): 1-11.

Torchio, M. 1962c. Osservazioni sui Bothidae delle acque italiane (Pisces Pleuronectiformes). Boll. Zool., 29 (2): 667-678.

Varagnolo, S. 1964. Calendario di comparse di uova pelagiche di Teleostei marini nel plancton di Chioggia. Archo Oceanogr. Limnol., 13 (2): 249-279, 8 pl.

Walbaum, J. J. 1792. Petri Artedi sueci genera Piscium in quibus systema totum ichthyologiae proponitur cum classibus, ordinibus, generum characteribus, specierum differentiis, observationibus plurimis. Ichthyologiae Pars III. Grypeswaldiae, [ed. II], 723 p., 3 pl.

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