Long Lefteye Flounder, Arnoglossus elongatus Weber 1913
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Summary:
A relatively slender pale brownish flounder with darker spots on the body and fins, and a dark blotch sometimes anteriorly on the straight part of the lateral line.
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Bray, D.J. 2025, Arnoglossus elongatus in Fishes of Australia, accessed 24 Mar 2025, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/939
Long Lefteye Flounder, Arnoglossus elongatus Weber 1913
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Distribution |
Northwest Shelf, Western Australia, the Arafura Sea north of the Cobourg Peninsula, Northern Territory, and off Cairns, Queensland (possibly with a continuous distribution across northern Australia). Elsewhere the species occurs in the east-Indo-west Pacific: Indonesia, Timor-Leste, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and New Caledonia. Inhabits coral-sand areas on the continental shelf and upper slope. |
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Features |
Dorsal fin 100-108; Anal fin 78-83. Body slender, depth 2.1-3.0 in SL; |
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Etymology |
The specific name is from the Latin elongatus (= elongate), in reference to the slender body of this species compared with that of Psettina profunda, also described by Weber in the same publication and considered a congener at the time. |
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Species Citation |
Arnoglossus elongatus Weber 1913, Siboga-Expéditie Report 57: 431, fig. 79. Type locality: Madura Sea, 7°02.6'S, 115°23.6'E, Siboga station 15, depth 100 m. |
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Author |
Bray, D.J. 2025 |
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Resources |
Long Lefteye Flounder, Arnoglossus elongatus Weber 1913
References
Amaoka, K., Matsuura, K. & Carpenter, K.E. 2020. Arnoglossus elongatus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T143819319A143844397. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T143819319A143844397.en. Accessed on 21 January 2025.
Amaoka, K. & Mihara, E. 2000. Pisces Pleuronectiformes: Flatfishes from New Caledonia and adjacent waters. Genus Arnoglossus. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris 184: 783-813
Fukui, A., Tsuchiya, T., Kuroda, H. & Tsuji, S. 2004. Larvae of Arnoglossus elongatus (Pleuronectiformes: Bothidae) from northwestern Australia. Ichthyological Research 51(3): 279-282. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10228-004-0222-x
Gloerfelt-Tarp, T. & Kailola, P.J. 1984. Trawled Fishes of Southern Indonesia and Northwest Australia. Jakarta : Dir. Gen. Fish. (Indonesia), German Tech. Coop., Aust. Dev. Ass. Bur. 406 pp.
Hensley, D.A. & Amaoka, K. 2001. Bothidae. pp. 3799-3841 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, T.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 6 pp. 3381-4218.
Weber, M. 1913. Die Fische der Siboga-Expedition. Siboga-Expéditie Report 57: 1-710 123 figs 12 pls https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.35825
