Witch (lefteye flounder)
This article is about the Pacific flatfish species. for the Atlantic species see Megrim and Torbay sole.
| Witch | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Pleuronectiformes |
| Family: | Bothidae |
| Genus: | Arnoglossus |
| Species: | A. scapha |
| 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
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Arnoglossus scapha" in 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