Overview
Family : Lefteye flounders ; Found in sandy habitat , commonly in estuaries [1].
Interesting Facts
Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Bass Strait flounder
Common Names in Mandarin Chinese:
巴士海峡羊舌鲆, 巴士海峽羊舌鮃
Description
Habitat
May be found at depths of 10 to 70 meters.
Biome: Brackish water, saltwater . Demersal .
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Osteichthyes
()
- Huxley, 1880
- Class:
Osteichthyes
()
- Huxley, 1880
- Subclass:
Actinopterygii
()
- Infraclass:
Actinopteri
()
- Cohort:
Clupeocephala
()
- Superorder:
Acanthopterygii
()
- Order:
Pleuronectiformes
()
- Suborder:
Pleuronectoidei
()
-
- Family:
Bothidae
()
- Genus:
Arnoglossus
()
- Bleeker, 1862
- Specific name:
bassensis
- Norman, 1926
- Scientific name: - Arnoglossus bassensis Norman, 1926
- Specific name:
bassensis
- Norman, 1926
- Genus:
Arnoglossus
(
- Family:
Bothidae
(
- Suborder:
Pleuronectoidei
(
- Order:
Pleuronectiformes
(
- Superorder:
Acanthopterygii
(
- Cohort:
Clupeocephala
(
- Infraclass:
Actinopteri
(
- Subclass:
Actinopterygii
(
- Class:
Osteichthyes
(
- Superclass:
Osteichthyes
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name .
Similar Species
Members of the genus Arnoglossus
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 29 species and subspecies in this genus:
A. arabicus (Arabian Flounder) · A. aspilos (Spotless Lefteye Flounder) · A. aspilos aspilos (Spotless Lefteye Flounder) · A. bassensis (Bass Strait Flounder) · A. bleekeri (Bleeker's Flounder) · A. brunneus (Brown Lefteye Flounder) · A. capensis (Cape Scaldfish) · A. dalgleishi (East Coast Flounder) · A. debilis (Weak Lefteye Flounder) · A. elongatus (Long Lefteye Flounder) · A. fisoni (Fison's Lefteye Flounder) · A. imperialis (Imperial Scaldfish) · A. intermedius (Intermediate Flounder) · A. japonicus (Japanese Lefteye Flounder) · A. kessleri (Scaldback) · A. laterna (Mediterranean Scaldfish) · A. macrolepis (Twospot Largescale Flounder) · A. macrolophus (Large-Crested Lefteye Flounder) · A. muelleri (Mueller's Flounder) · A. oxyrhynchus (Sharp-Snout Lefteye Flounder) · A. polylepis (Manyscaled Flounder) · A. polyspilus (Many-Spotted Lefteye Flounder) · A. rueppelii (R?ppell's Scaldback) · A. scapha (Megrim) · A. spilurus (Large-Crested Lefteye Flounder) · A. tapeinosoma (Large-Crested Lefteye Flounder) · A. tenuis (Dwarf Lefteye Flounder) · A. thori (Grohmann´s Scaldfish) · A. waitei (Waite's Lefteye Flounder)
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Further Reading
- A systematic monograph of the flatfishes (Heterosomata) / By J.R. Norman, &c. London, 1934. url p. 192.
- Fisheries: Zoological results of the fishing experiments carried out by F.I.S. "Endeavor" 1909-10 under H.C. Dannevig, / Commonwealth Director of Fisheries. Sydney: Published by Direction of the Ministers for Trade and Customs, Hon. Frank Gwynne Tudor and Hon. Littleton E. Groom, 1911- url p. 246, p. 247.
Notes
Contributors
- Amaoka, Kunio (from FishBase).
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.
- FishBase 2006.
- FishBase. Release date: January 5, 2010
- Froese, R., and D. Pauly. FishBase 2004. International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 02, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 02, 2008:
- OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider: Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 120716
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-127160
- Fishbase Species ID: 52437
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 616228
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 103058
Footnotes
- Kuiter, R.H. (1993). Coastal fishes of south-eastern Australia. Crawford House Press Pty Ltd. Australia. 437 p. [back]
