Thor's scaldfish
Appearance
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Carangiformes |
Suborder: | Pleuronectoidei |
Family: | Bothidae |
Genus: | Arnoglossus |
Species: | A. thori
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Binomial name | |
Arnoglossus thori Kyle, 1913
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Thor's scaldfish (Arnoglossus thori) is a species of bottom feeder benthic fish belonging to the family Bothidae (lefteye flounder).[2] It is widespread in the Eastern Atlantic from Ireland to Sierra Leone and Cape Verde, and also found in the western Mediterranean and Black Sea. It is a marine, subtropical, demersal fish, up to 18 cm in length.
References
[edit]- ^ Tous, P.; Sidibé, A.; Djiman, R.; Cissoko, K.; Camara, K.; Munroe, T.; Adeofe, T.A.; Camara, Y.H.; de Morais, L.; Sagna, A.; Sylla, M. (2015). "Arnoglossus thori". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T198556A15539202. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T198556A15539202.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ Arnoglossus thori Kyle, 1913
External links
[edit]- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Arnoglossus thori". FishBase. September 2012 version.