Animalia > Chordata > Pleuronectiformes > Bothidae > Arnoglossus > Arnoglossus scapha

Arnoglossus scapha (Witch; Megrim)

Synonyms: Caulopsetta scapha; Pleuronectes scapha; Pseudorhombus hectoris
Language: Mandarin Chinese; Maori

Wikipedia Abstract

The witch, Arnoglossus scapha, is a lefteye flounder of the family Bothidae, found around China and New Zealand, in waters less than 400 m in depth. Their length is from 20 to 40 cm.
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Prey / Diet

Engraulis australis (Australian anchovy)[1]
Periclimenes yaldwyni[1]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Platycephalus endrachtensis (Bar-tailed flathead)1

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Derogenes varicus[2]
Opecoelus caulopsettae[2]
Opegaster caulopsetta <Unverified Name>[3]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Mary E. Livingston (1987) Food resource use among five flatfish species (Pleuronectiformes) in Wellington Harbour, New Zealand, New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, 21:2, 281-293
♦ 2Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 3Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0