Fish of the Arnoglossus (scaldfish) genus of the Bothidae (lefteye flounders) family of the Pleuronectoidei suborder of the Pleuronectiformes (flatfishes) order of the Acanthopterygii superorder.
(Scaldback. Photo by © Poggiani Luciano. lavalledelmetauro.it)
Scaldback (Arnoglossus kessleri) was first described in 1915 by the Russian, Soviet zoologist, and ichthyologist Peter Schmidt (1872-1949).
It lives at depths of up to 200 meters, often found near the coast. It prefers to swim near a sandy and muddy bottom. The maximum recorded length is 10 cm. It feeds on small fish and invertebrates.
It is a permanent inhabitant of the Adriatic Sea.
Names of scaldback (Arnoglossus kessleri) in other languages are as follows:
Gjuhëza e Keslerit (Albanian), Кеслерово калканче (Keslerovo kalkanche) (Bulgarian), Μικροζαγκέτα (Mikrozangeta) (Greek), Sandal (Hebrew), Peluda (Spanish), Suacia fosca (Italian), Lammbutt (German), Areeiro (Portuguese), Средиземноморская арноглосса (Sredizemnomorskaja arnoglossa) (Russian), Plosnatica tamna, Sicilijska perjanka (Serbian, Croatian), Fausse limande de Kessler (French).