Witch (lefteye flounder)
Appearance
(Redirected from Arnoglossus scapha)
Witch | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Carangiformes |
Suborder: | Pleuronectoidei |
Family: | Bothidae |
Genus: | Arnoglossus |
Species: | A. scapha
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Binomial name | |
Arnoglossus scapha (J. R. Forster, 1801)
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The witch, Arnoglossus scapha, is a lefteye flounder of the family Bothidae, found around China and New Zealand, in waters less than 400 m in depth. Their length is from 20 to 40 cm.
References
[edit]- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Arnoglossus scapha". FishBase. February 2006 version.
- Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN 0-00-216987-8