Cynoglossus
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Cynoglossus is a genus of tonguefish
. It is indigenous to the Indo-West Pacific region, most commonly found in shallow muddy or sandy waters along the coast of the Philippines
, Thailand
and the Malay peninsular, the South China Sea
, Burma, the Bay of Bengal
and as far west as the Red Sea
. Some species such as Cynoglossus acaudatus
however, are more commonly found in the western Indian Ocean off the east coast of Africa.
Tonguefish
Tonguefishes are a family, Cynoglossidae, of flatfishes. They are distinguished by the presence of a long hook on the snout overhanging the mouth, and the absence of pectoral fins...
. It is indigenous to the Indo-West Pacific region, most commonly found in shallow muddy or sandy waters along the coast of the Philippines
Philippines
The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...
, Thailand
Thailand
Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...
and the Malay peninsular, the South China Sea
South China Sea
The South China Sea is a marginal sea that is part of the Pacific Ocean, encompassing an area from the Singapore and Malacca Straits to the Strait of Taiwan of around...
, Burma, the Bay of Bengal
Bay of Bengal
The Bay of Bengal , the largest bay in the world, forms the northeastern part of the Indian Ocean. It resembles a triangle in shape, and is bordered mostly by the Eastern Coast of India, southern coast of Bangladesh and Sri Lanka to the west and Burma and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands to the...
and as far west as the Red Sea
Red Sea
The Red Sea is a seawater inlet of the Indian Ocean, lying between Africa and Asia. The connection to the ocean is in the south through the Bab el Mandeb strait and the Gulf of Aden. In the north, there is the Sinai Peninsula, the Gulf of Aqaba, and the Gulf of Suez...
. Some species such as Cynoglossus acaudatus
Cynoglossus acaudatus
Cynoglossus acaudatus, commonly known as the Natal tongue fish is a species of tonguefish. It is commonly found in shallow muddy or sandy waters along the coast of the Western Indian Ocean, Somalia down to South Africa, including Seychelles. It was first described by Gilchrist in 1906....
however, are more commonly found in the western Indian Ocean off the east coast of Africa.
Species
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- Three-lined tongue sole, Cynoglossus abbreviatusCynoglossus abbreviatusCynoglossus abbreviatus, commonly known as the Three-lined tongue sole is a species of tonguefish. It is indigenous to the coast of the South China Sea, commonly found in shallow muddy or sandy waters along the coast of China, Taiwan, Korea and Japan. It was first described by Gray in 1834....
(GrayJohn Edward GrayJohn Edward Gray, FRS was a British zoologist. He was the elder brother of George Robert Gray and son of the pharmacologist and botanist Samuel Frederick Gray ....
, 1834). - Natal tongue-fish, Cynoglossus acaudatusCynoglossus acaudatusCynoglossus acaudatus, commonly known as the Natal tongue fish is a species of tonguefish. It is commonly found in shallow muddy or sandy waters along the coast of the Western Indian Ocean, Somalia down to South Africa, including Seychelles. It was first described by Gilchrist in 1906....
Gilchrist, 1906. - Sharpnose tonguesole, Cynoglossus acutirostrisCynoglossus acutirostrisCynoglossus acutirostris, commonly known as the Sharpnose tongue sole is a species of tonguefish. It is commonly found in sandy waters of the western Indian Ocean, particularly the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden. It was first described by Norman in 1939....
Norman, 1939. - Largescale tonguesole, Cynoglossus arelCynoglossus arelCynoglossus arel, commonly known as the Largescale tonguesole is a species of tonguefish. It is commonly found in muddy and sandy bottoms of the Indo-West Pacific and Indian Ocean, from the Persian Gulf tp Sri Lanka and Indonesia and as far north as the south coast of Japan, down to depths of 125...
(BlochMarcus Elieser BlochMarcus Elieser Bloch was a German medical doctor and naturalist. He is generally considered one of the most important ichthyologists of the 18th century.- Life :...
& SchneiderJohann Gottlob SchneiderJohann Gottlob Theaenus Schneider was a German classicist and naturalist.-Biography:Schneider was born at Collm in Saxony...
, 1801). - Fourline tonguesole, Cynoglossus attenuatusCynoglossus attenuatusCynoglossus attenuatus, commonly known as the Fourline tonguesole is a species of tonguefish. It is commonly found in the western Indian Ocean off the eastern coast of Africa, from Delagoa Bay, Mozambique to Durban in South Africa. It was first described by Gilchrist and Thompson in 1917....
(Gilchrist & Thompson, 1917). - Fourlined tonguesole, Cynoglossus bilineatusCynoglossus bilineatusCynoglossus bilineatus, commonly known as the Fourlined tonguesole is a species of tonguefish. It is commonly found in the Indian Ocean and Indo-West pacific....
(Lacépède, 1802). - Southern tongue sole, Cynoglossus broadhurstiCynoglossus broadhurstiCynoglossus broadhursti, commonly known as the Southern tonguesole is a species of tonguefish. It is commonly found in the Indian Ocean....
Waite, 1905. - Nigerian tonguesole, Cynoglossus browniCynoglossus browniCynoglossus browni, commonly known as the Nigerian tonguesole is a species of tonguefish. It is commonly found in Eastern Atlantic Ocean off the coast of west Africa....
Chabanaud, 1949. - Ghanaian tonguesole, Cynoglossus cadenatiCynoglossus cadenatiCynoglossus cadenati, commonly known as the Ghanaian tonguesole is a species of tonguefish. It is commonly found in the eastern Atlantic Ocean off the coast of west Africa....
Chabanaud, 1947. - Canary tonguesole, Cynoglossus canariensisCynoglossus canariensisCynoglossus canariensis, commonly known as the Canary tonguesole is a species of tonguefish. It is commonly found in the eastern Atlantic Ocean off western Africa....
SteindachnerFranz SteindachnerFranz Steindachner was an Austrian zoologist.- Work and career :Being interested in natural history, Steindachner took up the study of fossil fishes on the recommendation of his friend Eduard Suess...
, 1882. - Sand tonguefish, Cynoglossus capensisCynoglossus capensisCynoglossus capensis, commonly known as the Sand tonguesole is a species of tonguefish. It is commonly found in southeastern Atlantic Ocean off Namibia....
(KaupJohann Jakob KaupJohann Jakob Kaup was a German naturalist.-Biography:He was born at Darmstadt. After studying at Göttingen and Heidelberg he spent two years at Leiden, where his attention was specially devoted to the amphibians and fishes. He then returned to Darmstadt as an assistant in the grand ducal museum,...
, 1858). - Hooked tonguesole, Cynoglossus carpenteriCynoglossus carpenteriCynoglossus carpenteri, commonly known as the Hooked tonguesole is a species of tonguefish. It is commonly found in the Indian Ocean....
AlcockAlfred William AlcockAlfred William Alcock was a British physician naturalist and carcinologist.Alcock was the son of a sea-captain, John Alcock in Bombay, India who retired to live in Blackheath...
, 1889. - Bengal tongue sole, Cynoglossus cynoglossusCynoglossus cynoglossusCynoglossus cynoglossus, commonly known as the Bengal tonguesole is a species of tonguefish. It is commonly found in the Indian Ocean, particularly in brackish water and muddy or sandy bottoms off the coast of India, Bangladesh and Burma....
(HamiltonFrancis Buchanan-HamiltonDr Francis Buchanan, later known as Francis Hamilton but often referred to as Francis Buchanan-Hamilton was a Scottish physician who made significant contributions as a geographer, zoologist, and botanist while living in India.The standard botanical author abbreviation Buch.-Ham. is applied to...
, 1822). - Roundhead toungesole, Cynoglossus disparCynoglossus disparCynoglossus dispar, commonly known as the Roundhead tonguesole is a species of tonguefish. It is commonly found in the Indian Ocean, particularly off the coast of India, and Pakistan....
Day, 1877. - Cynoglossus dollfusi (Chabanaud, 1931).
- Carrot tonguesole, Cynoglossus dubiusCynoglossus dubiusCynoglossus dubius, commonly known as the Carrot tonguesole is a species of tonguefish. It is commonly found in the Indian Ocean off the coast of India....
Day, 1873. - Durban tonguesole, Cynoglossus durbanensisCynoglossus durbanensisCynoglossus durbanensis, commonly known as the Durban tonguesole is a species of tonguefish. It is commonly found in the western Indian Ocean off the coast of Kenya, Madagascar, Mozambique and South Africa....
Regan, 1921. - River tonguesole, Cynoglossus feldmanniCynoglossus feldmanniCynoglossus feldmanni, commonly known as the River tonguesole is a species of tonguefish. It is commonly found in Thailand, Laos, Borneo, Sumatra and Cambodia....
(BleekerPieter BleekerPieter Bleeker was a Dutch medical doctor and ichthyologist, famous for his work on the fishes of East Asia – Atlas Ichthyologique des Orientales Neerlandaises – which was published 1862–1877....
, 1853). - Ripplefin tonguesole, Cynoglossus gilchristiCynoglossus gilchristiCynoglossus gilchristi, commonly known as the Ripplefin tonguesole is a species of tonguefish. It is commonly found in the western Indian Ocean off Delagoa Bay, Mozambique, South Africa and Madagascar....
Regan, 1920. - Cynoglossus gracilis Günther, 1873.
- Freshwater tongue sole, Cynoglossus heterolepis Weber, 1910.
- Genko sole, Cynoglossus interruptus Günther, 1880.
- Cynoglossus itinus (Snyder, 1909).
- Red tonguesole, Cynoglossus joyneri Günther, 1878.
- Cynoglossus kapuasensis Fowler, 1905.
- Shortheaded tonguesole, Cynoglossus kopsii (BleekerPieter BleekerPieter Bleeker was a Dutch medical doctor and ichthyologist, famous for his work on the fishes of East Asia – Atlas Ichthyologique des Orientales Neerlandaises – which was published 1862–1877....
, 1851). - Lachner's tonguesole, Cynoglossus lachneri Menon, 1977.
- Roughscale tonguesole, Cynoglossus lida (BleekerPieter BleekerPieter Bleeker was a Dutch medical doctor and ichthyologist, famous for his work on the fishes of East Asia – Atlas Ichthyologique des Orientales Neerlandaises – which was published 1862–1877....
, 1851). - Cynoglossus lighti Norman, 1925.
- Cynoglossus lineolatus SteindachnerFranz SteindachnerFranz Steindachner was an Austrian zoologist.- Work and career :Being interested in natural history, Steindachner took up the study of fossil fishes on the recommendation of his friend Eduard Suess...
, 1867. - Long tongue sole, Cynoglossus linguaCynoglossus linguaCynoglossus lingua, commonly known as the long tongue sole or textile tongue sole is a species of tonguefish. It is indigenous to the Indo-West Pacific region, commonly found in shallow muddy or sandy waters along the coast of the Philippines, Thailand and the Malay peninsular, Burma, the Bay of...
Hamilton, 1822. - Cynoglossus maccullochi Norman, 1926.
- Cynoglossus macrolepidotus (BleekerPieter BleekerPieter Bleeker was a Dutch medical doctor and ichthyologist, famous for his work on the fishes of East Asia – Atlas Ichthyologique des Orientales Neerlandaises – which was published 1862–1877....
, 1851). - Big-eyed tongue-sole, Cynoglossus macrophthalmus Norman, 1926.
- Malabar tonguesole, Cynoglossus macrostomus Norman, 1928.
- Cynoglossus maculipinnis Rendahl, 1921.
- Threeline tonguesole, Cynoglossus marleyi Regan, 1921.
- Cynoglossus melampetalus (RichardsonJohn Richardson (naturalist)Sir John Richardson was a Scottish naval surgeon, naturalist and arctic explorer.Richardson was born at Dumfries. He studied medicine at Edinburgh University, and became a surgeon in the navy in 1807. He traveled with John Franklin in search of the Northwest Passage on the Coppermine Expedition of...
, 1846). - Smallscale tonguesole, Cynoglossus microlepis (BleekerPieter BleekerPieter Bleeker was a Dutch medical doctor and ichthyologist, famous for his work on the fishes of East Asia – Atlas Ichthyologique des Orientales Neerlandaises – which was published 1862–1877....
, 1851). - Guinean tonguesole, Cynoglossus monodi Chabanaud, 1949.
- Cynoglossus monopus (BleekerPieter BleekerPieter Bleeker was a Dutch medical doctor and ichthyologist, famous for his work on the fishes of East Asia – Atlas Ichthyologique des Orientales Neerlandaises – which was published 1862–1877....
, 1849). - Cynoglossus nigropinnatus Ochiai, 1963.
- Cynoglossus ogilbyi Norman, 1926.
- Cynoglossus oligolepis (BleekerPieter BleekerPieter Bleeker was a Dutch medical doctor and ichthyologist, famous for his work on the fishes of East Asia – Atlas Ichthyologique des Orientales Neerlandaises – which was published 1862–1877....
, 1854). - Cynoglossus pottii SteindachnerFranz SteindachnerFranz Steindachner was an Austrian zoologist.- Work and career :Being interested in natural history, Steindachner took up the study of fossil fishes on the recommendation of his friend Eduard Suess...
, 1902. - Speckled tonguesole, Cynoglossus puncticepsCynoglossus puncticepsCynoglossus puncticeps, commonly known as the Speckled tonguesole is a species of tonguefish. It is indigenous to the Indo-West Pacific region, commonly found in shallow muddy or sandy waters along the coast of the Philippines, Thailand and the Malay peninsular, Burma, the Bay of Bengal and off...
(RichardsonJohn Richardson (naturalist)Sir John Richardson was a Scottish naval surgeon, naturalist and arctic explorer.Richardson was born at Dumfries. He studied medicine at Edinburgh University, and became a surgeon in the navy in 1807. He traveled with John Franklin in search of the Northwest Passage on the Coppermine Expedition of...
, 1846). - Cynoglossus purpureomaculatus Regan, 1905.
- Cynoglossus robustus Günther, 1873.
- Cynoglossus roulei Wu, 1932.
- Cynoglossus sealarki Regan, 1908.
- Bengal tongue-sole, Cynoglossus semifasciatus Day, 1877.
- Tongue sole, Cynoglossus semilaevis Günther, 1873.
- Senegalese tonguesole, Cynoglossus senegalensis (KaupJohann Jakob KaupJohann Jakob Kaup was a German naturalist.-Biography:He was born at Darmstadt. After studying at Göttingen and Heidelberg he spent two years at Leiden, where his attention was specially devoted to the amphibians and fishes. He then returned to Darmstadt as an assistant in the grand ducal museum,...
, 1858). - Cynoglossus sibogae Weber, 1913.
- Cynoglossus sinicus Wu, 1932.
- Cynoglossus sinusarabici (Chabanaud, 1931).
- Cynoglossus suyeniCynoglossus suyeniCynoglossus suyeni is a species of tonguefish. It is indigenous to the Indo-West Pacific region, found along the coast of the Philippines through Celebes, to the Timor Sea and less common off Taiwan. It was first described by Fowler in 1934....
Fowler, 1934. - Cynoglossus trigrammus Günther, 1862.
- Macau sole, Cynoglossus trulla (CantorTheodore Edward CantorTheodore Edward Cantor was a Danish physician, zoologist and botanist.Cantor worked for the British East India Company. He made natural history collections in Penang and Malacca...
, 1849). - Cynoglossus waandersii (BleekerPieter BleekerPieter Bleeker was a Dutch medical doctor and ichthyologist, famous for his work on the fishes of East Asia – Atlas Ichthyologique des Orientales Neerlandaises – which was published 1862–1877....
, 1854). - Zanzibar tonguesole, Cynoglossus zanzibarensis Norman, 1939.
- Three-lined tongue sole, Cynoglossus abbreviatus