Species Kingdom

Animalia

Species Class

Teleostei
Elasmobranchii
Chondrostei
Holostei
Petromyzonti
Holocephali
Myxini
Cladistii
Coelacanthi

Species Order

Heterodontiformes
Trachichthyiformes
Mugiliformes
Perciformes/Gasterosteoidei
Tetraodontiformes
Percopsiformes
Myxiniformes
Galaxiiformes
Anabantiformes
Synbranchiformes
Perciformes/Cottoidei
Lepisosteiformes
Hexanchiformes
Gadiformes
Cyprinodontiformes
Albuliformes
Polypteriformes
Perciformes/Scorpaenoidei
Atheriniformes
Acanthuriformes
Carcharhiniformes
Alepocephaliformes
Osmeriformes
Squaliformes
Coelacanthiformes
Eupercaria/misc
Beryciformes
Salmoniformes
Myctophiformes
Holocentriformes

Arnoglossus rueppelii (Cocco, 1844)

Description

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Pleuronectiformes

Family: Bothidae

Genus: Arnoglossus

Species: Arnoglossus rueppelii (Cocco, 1844)

Climate Zone

Subtropical

Location

Eastern Atlantic: west Gibraltar to Cape Bojador (West Sahara) and Canary Islands including western Mediterranean and Morocco.

Biology

Depth range from 85-550 m (Ref. 04704) and from 288-897 m in the eastern Ionian Sea (Ref. 56504). Feed on small fishes and invertebrates. Spawn during autumn in the Mediterranean.

Habitat

demersal