Scaldfish

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.

Species

The 37 currently recognized species are:

Arnoglossus andrewsi Kurth, 1954
Arnoglossus arabicus Norman, 1939
Arnoglossus armstrongi E. O. G. Scott, 1975
Arnoglossus aspilos
Arnoglossus bassensis Norman, 1926
Arnoglossus boops
Arnoglossus brunneus
Arnoglossus capensis Boulenger, 1898
Arnoglossus coeruleosticta
Arnoglossus dalgleishi
Arnoglossus debilis
Arnoglossus elongatus M. C. W. Weber, 1913
Arnoglossus fisoni J. D. Ogilby, 1898
Arnoglossus grohmanni
Arnoglossus imperialis
Arnoglossus japonicus C. L. Hubbs, 1915
Arnoglossus kessleri P. J. Schmidt, 1915
Arnoglossus kotthausi Klausewitz & Schneider, 1986
Arnoglossus laterna
Arnoglossus macrolophus Alcock, 1889
Arnoglossus marisrubri Klausewitz & M. Schneider, 1986
Arnoglossus micrommatus Amaoka, M. Arai & M. F. Gomon, 1997
Arnoglossus muelleri
Arnoglossus multirastris Parin, 1983
Arnoglossus nigrifrons Amaoka & Mihara, 2000
Arnoglossus nigrofilamentosus Fricke, Golani & Appelbaum-Golani, 2017
Arnoglossus oxyrhynchus Amaoka, 1969
Arnoglossus polyspilus
Arnoglossus rueppelii
Arnoglossus sayaensis Amaoka & Imamura, 1990
Arnoglossus scapha
Arnoglossus septemventralis Amaoka & Mihara, 2000
Arnoglossus tapeinosoma
Arnoglossus tenuis Günther, 1880
Arnoglossus thori Kyle, 1913
Arnoglossus waitei Norman, 1926
Arnoglossus yamanakai Fukui, Yamada & Ozawa, 1988

The following fossil species are also known:

†Arnoglossus bassanianus
†Arnoglossus dispar Schwarzhans et al., 2024
†Arnoglossus distinctus Svichenskaya, 1981
†Arnoglossus holleri Weinfurter, 1952
†Arnoglossus ''ovalis Svichenskaya, 1981
†Arnoglossus sauvagei
†Arnoglossus sumgaiticus'' Svichenskaya, 1981