Author: Cocco, 1844

Arnoglossus rueppelli Cocco, 1844

Diagnosis: depth of body more than three times in length of body. Eyes very large, about one-third of length of head. Anterior gill arch with 11 long rakers on lower part. Dorsal finrays 110-118; anal finrays 86-94. Lateral line with about 75 scales. Colour: brownish, sometimes with darker markings; caudal fin with dark vertical band. Size: to about 15 cm SL.

Habitat: benthic in rather deep water (200 550 m). Food: small fishes and invertebrates. Reproduction: spawns in Mediterranean during autumn.

Distribution: Mediterranean and Aegean, eastern Atlantic off northwestern Africa to about 24° N.

Eggs, larvae and young stages. Kyle, 1913: 87 | Padoa, 1956b: 805-810.
Otoliths (sagitta). No data.

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Subphylum Vertebrata
Superclass Gnathostomata
Class Osteichthyes
Order Pleuronectiformes
Suborder Pleuronectoidei
Family Bothidae
Genus Arnoglossus
Species Arnoglossus rueppelli

Status in World Register of Marine Species

Synonym of Arnoglossus rueppelii (Cocco, 1844)

Scientific synonyms and common names

Arnoglossus rueppelli Cocco, 1844

Synonyms:

Peloria rueppelli Cocco, 1844, Giorn. Gabin, Lett. Messina, Ann. III, 5 (XXV): 21(Messina).
Bascanius taedifer Schiødte, 1868, Naturh. Tidsskrift, (3) 5: 274 (Atlantic Ocean).
Dollfusina rueppelli: Chabanaud, 1932: fiche 379.
Arnoglossus rueppellii: Norman, 1934: 184, fig. 130 (references).
Arnoglossus rueppelli: Bini, 1968, 8: 49-50, col. fig.


Common name:

suacia cianchetta [It]

Chabanaud, P. 1932. Contribution à l'étude de la Faune ichthyologique de la baie du Lévrier (Mauritanie Saharienne). Bull Com. Étud. hist. scient. Afr. occid. fr., 3 (3-4): 1-13, fig. 1-4, pl. 1.

Cocco, A. 1844. Intorno ad alcuni nuovi pesci del mare di Messina. Lettera al sig. Augusto Krohn di Livonia. Giorn. Gabin. Iett. Messina, 5: 15.

Kyle, H. M. 1913. Flat-fishes (Heterosomata). Rep. Dan. oceanogr. Exped. Mediterr., 1908-1910, 2: 1-150, 30 fig., 4 pl.

Norman, J. R. 1934. A systematic monograph of the flatfishes (Heterosomata). Vol. 1. London, 459 p.

Padoa, E. 1956b. Triglidae, Peristediidae, Dactylopteridae, Gobiidae, Echeneidae, Jugulares, Gobiesocidae, Heterosomata, Pediculati in Uova, larve e stadi giovanili di Teleostei. Fauna Flora Golfo Napoli, 38: 627-888, fig. 504-785, pl. XXXIX-L.

Schiødte, J. C. 1868. Om øiestillingens udvikling hos flynderfiskene. Naturh. Tidsskr., (3) 5: 269-275.

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