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.
(Mediterranean scaldfish. Photo by © Hans Hillewaert. flickr.com/photos/bathyporeia)
Mediterranean scaldfish (Arnoglossus laterna) was first described in 1792 by the German physician, naturalist, and zoologist Johann Julius Walbaum (1724 – 1799).
It lives at a depth of 10-200 meters, usually 10-100 meters. It prefers to swim near the muddy bottom. The maximum recorded length is 25 cm; specimens up to 12 cm long are more common. It feeds on small fish and invertebrates.
(Mediterranean scaldfish. Photo by © Liam Faisey. cornishkayakangler.weebly.com)
It is a permanent inhabitant of the Adriatic Sea.
Names of Mediterranean scaldfish (Arnoglossus laterna) in other languages are as follows:
Gjuhëza gojëmadhe (Albanian), Schurftvis (Dutch), Αρνοζαγκέτα (Arnozangeta) (Greek), Serrandell (Spanish), Suacia, Zanchetta (Italian), Lammzunge (German), Arnogolsa laterna (Polish), Carta-do-Mediterrâneo (Portuguese), Европейская арноглосса (Evropejskaja arnoglossa) (Russian), Plosnatica bljedica, Bljedica (Serbian, Croatian), Skald (Slovenian), Arnoglosse de Méditerranée (French).