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.
(Rüppell’s scaldback. Photo by © Mariano García Rodriguez. fishbase.org)
Rüppell‘s scaldback (Arnoglossus rueppelii) was first described in 1844 by the Italian naturalist Anastasio Cocco (1799-1854).
It lives at the depth of 85-900 meters. The maximum recorded length is 15 cm. It feeds on small fish and invertebrates.
(Rüppell’s scaldback. Photo © boldsystems.org)
It is a permanent inhabitant of the Adriatic Sea.
Names of Rüppell‘s scaldback (Arnoglossus rueppelii) in other languages are as follows:
Gjuhëza e Rypelit (Albanian), Ζαγκέτα ρύπελ (Zangeta rypel) (Greek), Peluda de Rüppell, Peluda de ojos (Spanish), Suacia cianchetta (Italian), Rüppell-Butt (German), Арноглосса Рюппелла (Arnoglossa Rjuppella) (Russian), Plosnatica veleoka (Serbian, Croatian).