Arnoglossus laterna, Mediterranean scaldfish

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Arnoglossus laterna (Walbaum, 1792)

Mediterranean scaldfish
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> Pleuronectiformes (Flatfishes) > Bothidae (Lefteye flounders)
Etymology: Arnoglossus: Greek, aros, -oy = lamb + Greek, glossa = tongue (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Walbaum.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / rango de profundidad / distribution range Ecología

marino demersal; rango de profundidad 10 - 200 m (Ref. 4704), usually 10 - 100 m (Ref. 35388). Subtropical; 62°N - 18°S, 18°W - 42°E

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Eastern Atlantic: Norway to Angola. Also known from the Mediterranean and Black Sea.

Length at first maturity / Tamaño / Peso / Age

Madurez: Lm 11.9, range 11 - ? cm
Max length : 25.0 cm SL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 35388); common length : 12.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 3397); edad máxima reportada: 8 años (Ref. 126653)

Short description Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría

Espinas dorsales (total) : 0; Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 81 - 93; Espinas anales: 0; Radios blandos anales: 74 - 82. Very thin body. None of the dorsal finrays are prolonged (Ref. 4704). Lateral line with a marked curve over the pectoral fin. Behind the pelvic fins two backward curved thorns. Body slender, translucent and shaped like a sole (Ref. 35388).
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal; Cross section: compressed.

Biología     Glosario (por ej. epibenthic)

Live on mixed or muddy bottoms. Feed on small fishes and invertebrates (Ref. 4704).

Life cycle and mating behavior Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva

Main reference Upload your references | Referencias | Coordinador : Amaoka, Kunio | Colaboradores

Aldebert, Y., M. Desoutter and J.-C. Quéro, 1990. Bothidae. p. 1027-1036. In J.C. Quero, J.C. Hureau, C. Karrer, A. Post and L. Saldanha (eds.) Check-list of the fishes of the eastern tropical Atlantic (CLOFETA). JNICT, Lisbon; SEI, Paris; and UNESCO, Paris. Vol. 2. (Ref. 5979)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 16 March 2014

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Pesquerías: sin interés
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Referencia 123201): 7.4 - 19.5, mean 10.8 °C (based on 1350 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Referencia 82804):  PD50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00617 (0.00520 - 0.00731), b=3.09 (3.04 - 3.14), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species (Ref. 93245).
Nivel trófico (Referencia 69278):  3.6   ±0.3 se; based on diet studies.
Resiliencia (Referencia 120179):  Medio, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo de 1.4-4.4 años (tm=3; tmax=7.5).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Moderate vulnerability (36 of 100). 🛈
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 101 [50, 218] mg/100g; Iron = 1.03 [0.48, 1.81] mg/100g; Protein = 18.4 [17.0, 19.8] %; Omega3 = 0.299 [0.131, 0.591] g/100g; Selenium = 26.1 [14.2, 54.2] μg/100g; VitaminA = 19.6 [6.5, 57.8] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.842 [0.581, 1.189] mg/100g (wet weight); based on nutrient studies.