Fish of the Arnoglossus (scaldfish) genus of the Bothidae (lefteye flounders) family of the Pleuronectoidei suborder of the Pleuronectiformes (flatfishes) order of the Acanthopterygii superorder.
(Imperial scaldfish. Photo by © Cesar Pais Balsalobre. plus.google.com)
Imperial scaldfish (Arnoglossus imperialis) was first described in 1810 by the American naturalist Constantine Samuel Rafinesque (1783-1840).
It lives at the depth of 20-350 meters, usually 40-200 meters. It prefers to swim near a sandy, muddy bottom next to shell rock and corals. The maximum recorded length is 25 cm; specimens up to 12 cm long are more common. It feeds on small fish and invertebrates.
(Imperial scaldfish. Photo by © A.M. Arias. ictioterm.es)
It is a rare inhabitant of the Adriatic Sea found in its southern part.
Names of imperial scaldfish (Arnoglossus imperialis) in other languages are as follows:
Gjuhëzë perandorake (Albanian), Βασιλοζαγκέτα (Vasiljozangeta) (Greek), Serrandel imperial, Peluda imperial (Spanish), Suacia imperiale (Italian), Kaiserbutt (Dutch), Arnoglosa czupurka (Polish), Carta-imperial (Portuguese), Большая арноглосса (Boljshaja arnoglossa) (Russian), Plosnatica krunašica (Serbian, Croatian), Arnoglosse impérial (French).