Scaldfish
The scaldfishes comprise a genus, Arnoglossus, of lefteye flounders. They are found in the Pacific, Indian and Atlantic Oceans, including the Mediterranean and Black Sea. They are entirely absent from most of the Americas; the only exceptions are A. coeruleosticta and A. multirastris found off Chile. The genus include both species found in shallow and deeper water. The largest species reaches.
Species
The 37 currently recognized species are:Arnoglossus andrewsi Kurth, 1954Arnoglossus arabicus Norman, 1939 Arnoglossus armstrongi E. O. G. Scott, 1975Arnoglossus aspilos Arnoglossus bassensis Norman, 1926 Arnoglossus boops Arnoglossus brunneus Arnoglossus capensis Boulenger, 1898 Arnoglossus coeruleosticta Arnoglossus dalgleishi Arnoglossus debilis Arnoglossus elongatus M. C. W. Weber, 1913 Arnoglossus fisoni J. D. Ogilby, 1898 Arnoglossus grohmanni Arnoglossus imperialis Arnoglossus japonicus C. L. Hubbs, 1915 Arnoglossus kessleri P. J. Schmidt, 1915 Arnoglossus kotthausi Klausewitz & Schneider, 1986Arnoglossus laterna Arnoglossus macrolophus Alcock, 1889 Arnoglossus marisrubri Klausewitz & M. Schneider, 1986Arnoglossus micrommatus Amaoka, M. Arai & M. F. Gomon, 1997Arnoglossus muelleri Arnoglossus multirastris Parin, 1983Arnoglossus nigrifrons Amaoka & Mihara, 2000Arnoglossus nigrofilamentosus Fricke, Golani & Appelbaum-Golani, 2017 Arnoglossus oxyrhynchus Amaoka, 1969 Arnoglossus polyspilus Arnoglossus rueppelii Arnoglossus sayaensis Amaoka & Imamura, 1990Arnoglossus scapha Arnoglossus septemventralis Amaoka & Mihara, 2000Arnoglossus tapeinosoma Arnoglossus tenuis Günther, 1880 Arnoglossus thori Kyle, 1913 Arnoglossus waitei Norman, 1926 Arnoglossus yamanakai Fukui, Yamada & Ozawa, 1988The following fossil species are also known: