WoRMS taxon details
Arnoglossus imperialis (Rafinesque, 1810)
127124 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:127124)
accepted
Species
Arnoglossus blachei Stauch, 1965 · unaccepted
Arnoglossus lophotes Günther, 1862 · unaccepted
Bothus imperialis Rafinesque, 1810 · unaccepted (synonym)
Charybdia rhomboidichthys Facciolà, 1885 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Bothus imperialis Rafinesque, 1810) Rafinesque, C. S. (1810). Caratteri di alcuni nuovi generi e nuove specie di animali e piante della sicilia, con varie osservazioni sopra i medisimi. <em>Per le stampe di Sanfilippo: Palermo, Italy.</em> Part 1 involves fishes, pp. [i-iv] 3-69 [70 blank], Part 2 with slightly different title, pp. ia-iva + 71-105 [106 blank]). Pls. 1-20., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47825964 [details] 
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Arnoglossus imperialis (Rafinesque, 1810). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=127124 on 2025-05-07
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Bothus imperialis Rafinesque, 1810) Rafinesque, C. S. (1810). Caratteri di alcuni nuovi generi e nuove specie di animali e piante della sicilia, con varie osservazioni sopra i medisimi. <em>Per le stampe di Sanfilippo: Palermo, Italy.</em> Part 1 involves fishes, pp. [i-iv] 3-69 [70 blank], Part 2 with slightly different title, pp. ia-iva + 71-105 [106 blank]). Pls. 1-20., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47825964 [details]
original description (of Arnoglossus lophotes Günther, 1862) Günther, A. (1862). Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Acanthopterygii Pharyngognathi and Anacanthini in the collection of the British Museum. <em>British Museum, London.</em> 4: i-xxi + 1-534., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9419277 [details]
original description (of Charybdia rhomboidichthys Facciolà, 1885) Facciolà, L. (1885). Su di alcuni rari Pleuronettidi del Mar di Messina. Nota preliminare. <em>Naturalista Siciliano [Il Naturalista Siciliano, Giornale di scienze naturali].</em> v. 4: 261-266. [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
original description (of Arnoglossus lophotes Günther, 1862) Günther, A. (1862). Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Acanthopterygii Pharyngognathi and Anacanthini in the collection of the British Museum. <em>British Museum, London.</em> 4: i-xxi + 1-534., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9419277 [details]
original description (of Charybdia rhomboidichthys Facciolà, 1885) Facciolà, L. (1885). Su di alcuni rari Pleuronettidi del Mar di Messina. Nota preliminare. <em>Naturalista Siciliano [Il Naturalista Siciliano, Giornale di scienze naturali].</em> v. 4: 261-266. [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]
Other
additional source
Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
additional source Rafinesque, C. S. (1810). Caratteri di alcuni nuovi generi e nuove specie di animali e piante della sicilia, con varie osservazioni sopra i medisimi. <em>Per le stampe di Sanfilippo: Palermo, Italy.</em> Part 1 involves fishes, pp. [i-iv] 3-69 [70 blank], Part 2 with slightly different title, pp. ia-iva + 71-105 [106 blank]). Pls. 1-20., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47825964
page(s): 23 [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source Rafinesque, C. S. (1810). Caratteri di alcuni nuovi generi e nuove specie di animali e piante della sicilia, con varie osservazioni sopra i medisimi. <em>Per le stampe di Sanfilippo: Palermo, Italy.</em> Part 1 involves fishes, pp. [i-iv] 3-69 [70 blank], Part 2 with slightly different title, pp. ia-iva + 71-105 [106 blank]). Pls. 1-20., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47825964
page(s): 23 [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Albanian | gjuhëzë perandorake | [details] |
| English | imperial scaldfish | [details] |
| Modern Greek (1453-) | Βασιλοζαγκέτα | [details] |
| Turkish | kucuk pisi baligi | [details] |
| Welsh | lleden gribog | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (12 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Charybdia rhomboidichthys Facciolà, 1885)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (30 publications) (from synonym Arnoglossus lophotes Günther, 1862)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Bothus imperialis Rafinesque, 1810)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Arnoglossus imperialis)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Bothus imperialis Rafinesque, 1810)
To FishBase (from synonym Charybdia rhomboidichthys Facciolà, 1885)
To FishBase (from synonym Arnoglossus blachei Stauch, 1965)
To FishBase (from synonym Arnoglossus lophotes Günther, 1862)
To FishBase images (Arnoglossus imperialis, Spain, by García Rodríguez, M.)
To GenBank (71 nucleotides; 54 proteins)
To GenBank (71 nucleotides; 54 proteins) (from synonym Arnoglossus blachei Stauch, 1965)
To GenBank (71 nucleotides; 54 proteins) (from synonym Bothus imperialis Rafinesque, 1810)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Arnoglossus blachei USNM 282448 photograph 1 of 9 specimens)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Arnoglossus imperialis USNM 357934 photograph 1 of 10 specimens)
To PESI
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Charybdia rhomboidichthys Facciolà, 1885)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (30 publications) (from synonym Arnoglossus lophotes Günther, 1862)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Bothus imperialis Rafinesque, 1810)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Arnoglossus imperialis)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Bothus imperialis Rafinesque, 1810)
To FishBase (from synonym Charybdia rhomboidichthys Facciolà, 1885)
To FishBase (from synonym Arnoglossus blachei Stauch, 1965)
To FishBase (from synonym Arnoglossus lophotes Günther, 1862)
To FishBase images (Arnoglossus imperialis, Spain, by García Rodríguez, M.)
To GenBank (71 nucleotides; 54 proteins)
To GenBank (71 nucleotides; 54 proteins) (from synonym Arnoglossus blachei Stauch, 1965)
To GenBank (71 nucleotides; 54 proteins) (from synonym Bothus imperialis Rafinesque, 1810)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Arnoglossus blachei USNM 282448 photograph 1 of 9 specimens)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Arnoglossus imperialis USNM 357934 photograph 1 of 10 specimens)
To PESI
To ITIS
