Scaldback

Scaldback
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Osteichthyes
Order: Pleuronectiformes
Family: Bothidae
Genus: Arnoglossus
Species: A. kessleri
Binomial name
Arnoglossus kessleri
(Schmidt, 1915)
Synonyms
  • Arnoglossus grohamanni (non Bonaparte, 1837)

The Scaldback (Arnoglossus kessleri) is a species of bottom feeder benthic fish belonging to the family Bothidae. Widespread in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea. Marine, subtropical, demersal fish, up to 10 cm long.

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