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Thor's scaldfish

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Osteichthyes

Family
  
Bothidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Pleuronectiformes

Genus
  
Arnoglossus

Similar
  
Scaldfish, Mediterranean scaldfish, Risso’s dragonet, Solenette, Lepidotrigla cavillone

The Thor's scaldfish (Arnoglossus thori) is a species of bottom feeder benthic fish belonging to the family Bothidae (lefteye flounder). Widespread in the Eastern Atlantic from Ireland to Sierra Leone and Cape Verde; also known from the western Mediterranean and Black Sea. Marine, subtropical, demersal fish, up to 18 cm long.

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