Overview
Family : Tonguefishes ; Found on the continental shelf over sandy and muddy bottoms . Occurs in the lower courses of flowing rivers and in estuaries[1]. Feeds mostly on benthic invertebrates . Sold fresh, frozen, or dried salted in markets[2].
Interesting Facts
Common Names
Click on the language to view common names.
Common Names in Agutaynen:
Maladpalad
Common Names in Arabic:
Lisan bagar
Common Names in Bikol:
Dapa, Palad
Common Names in Cebuano:
Palad
Common Names in Chavacano:
Kulampira-bato
Common Names in Davawenyo:
Pad-pad
Common Names in English:
Blotched tongue-sole, Mottled tonguesole, Speckled tongue sole, Speckled tongue-sole, Speckled tonguesole, Speckled toungesole, Spotted tongue-sole, spotted tonguesole, Spotted tounge-sole, Tonguefish
Common Names in French:
Langue Tachet, Langue tachetée
Common Names in Hiligaynon:
Palad
Common Names in Ibanag:
Ararali
Common Names in Javanese:
Iat-ilat, Lemper
Common Names in Khmer:
Trey andat chhke
Common Names in Kuyunon:
Palad
Common Names in Makassarese:
Lila
Common Names in Malay:
Lempa, Lidah
Common Names in Mandarin Chinese:
扁魚, 扁鱼, 斑头舌鳎, 斑頭舌鰨, 牛舌, 皇帝魚, 皇帝鱼, 龍舌, 龙舌
Common Names in Maranao/Samal/Tao Su:
Kulampira
Common Names in Maranao/Samal/Tao Sug:
Kulampira
Common Names in Marathi:
Lep, ळीप
Common Names in Spanish:
Lengue moteada
Common Names in Tagalog:
Dali dali, Dapang sinilas, Dapang tsinelas, Malad-palad, Palad
Common Names in Thai:
Changchun, ช่างชุน
Common Names in Vietnamese:
Cá Bon v?n, Cá Bơn vằn
Common Names in Visayan:
Dali dali, Malad-palad
Common Names in Waray-waray:
Pahot, Palad
Description
Physical Description
Species Cynoglossus puncticeps
Males are commonly 9 cm (Total Length) in length when caught/marketed, but may be as large as 18 cm (Total Length).
Habitat
May be found at depths of 1 to 140 meters.
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 610 meters (0 to 2,001 feet).[3]
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Osteichthyes
()
- Huxley, 1880
- Class:
Osteichthyes
()
- Huxley, 1880
- Subclass:
Actinopterygii
()
- Infraclass:
Actinopteri
()
- Cohort:
Clupeocephala
()
- Superorder:
Acanthopterygii
()
- Order:
Pleuronectiformes
()
- Suborder:
Soleoidei
()
- Family:
Cynoglossidae
()
- Subfamily:
Cynoglossinae
()
- Genus:
Cynoglossus
()
- Hamilton-Buchanan, 1822
- Specific name:
puncticeps
- Scientific name: - Cynoglossus puncticeps (Richardson, 1846)
- Specific name:
puncticeps
- Genus:
Cynoglossus
(
- Subfamily:
Cynoglossinae
(
- Family:
Cynoglossidae
(
- Suborder:
Soleoidei
(
- Order:
Pleuronectiformes
(
- Superorder:
Acanthopterygii
(
- Cohort:
Clupeocephala
(
- Infraclass:
Actinopteri
(
- Subclass:
Actinopterygii
(
- Class:
Osteichthyes
(
- Superclass:
Osteichthyes
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Synonyms
Arelia brachyrhynchos (Bleeker • Arelia javanica (Bleeker • Cynoglossus aurolineatus Not Applicable • Cynoglossus brachyrhynchus (Bleeker • Cynoglossus brevis Günther • Cynoglossus lida (Bleeker • Cynoglossus nigrolabeculatus (Richardson • Cynoglossus puncticeps • Cynoglossus puncticeps immaculata Pellegrin & Chevey • Cynoglossus punticeps • Cynoglossus punticeps (Richardson • Cynoglossus punticeps (Richardson, 1846) • Plagiusa aurolimbata Richardson • Plagiusa nigrolabeculata Richardson • Plagusia aurolimbata Richardson • Plagusia brachyrhynchos Bleeker • Plagusia javanica Bleeker • Plagusia nigrolabeculata Richardson • Plagusia puncticeps • Plagusia puncticeps Richardson • Plagusia puncticeps Richardson, 1846 • Plagusia punticeps Richardson
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: Data
last modified by FishBase 14-Nov-1995
Similar Species
Members of the genus Cynoglossus
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 46 species and subspecies in this genus:
C. abbreviatus (Three-Lined Tounge Sole) · C. acaudatus (Natal Tongue-Fish) · C. acutirostris (Sharpnose Tonguesole) · C. arel (Largescale Tonguesole) · C. attenuatus (Fourline Tonguesole) · C. bilineatus (Four-Horned Sea-Poacher) · C. borneensis (Macau Sole) · C. broadhursti (Southern Tongue Sole) · C. browni (Nigerian Tonguesole) · C. cadenati (Ghanian Tonguesole) · C. cadenati cadenati (Ghanian Tonguesole) · C. canariensis (Canary Tonguesole) · C. capensis (Sand Sole) · C. carpenteri (Carpenter's Tonguesole) · C. cynoglossus (Bengal Tongue Sole) · C. dispar (Roundhead Tonguesole) · C. dubius (Large Tongue-Sole) · C. durbanensis (Durban Tonguesole) · C. feldmanni (River Tonguesole) · C. gilchristi (Ripplefin Tonguesole) · C. goreensis (Shortheaded Tonguesole) · C. heterolepis (Freshwater Tongue Sole) · C. interruptus (Genko Sole) · C. joyneri (Red Tongue Sole) · C. kopsii (Kops' Tonguesole) · C. lachneri (Lachner's Tonguesole) · C. lida (Roughscale Tonguefish) · C. lingua (Flat Fish) · C. maccullochi (McCulloch's Tongue Sole) · C. macrolepidotus (Largescaled Tonguesole) · C. macrophthalmus (Big-Eyed Tongue-Sole) · C. macrostomus (Malabar Tongue Sole) · C. marleyi (Threeline Spinecheek) · C. microlepis (Smallscale Tonguesole) · C. monodi (Guinean Tonguesole) · C. potous (Blotched Tongue-Sole) · C. puncticeps (Speckled Tongue-Sole) · C. robustus (Speckled Tongue Sole) · C. roulei (Nigerian Tonguesole) · C. semifasciatus (Bengal Tongue-Sole) · C. semilaevis (Tongue Sole) · C. senegalensis (Senegalese Tonguesole) · C. senegalensis browni (Nigerian Tonguesole) · C. sinicus (Macao Sole) · C. trulla (Redspotted Tonguesole) · C. zanzibarensis (Redspotted Tonguesole)
More Info
- Search for Pictures: images.google.com
- Search for Scholarly Articles: Google Scholar
- Search using Scientific Name and Vernacular Names: All the Web | AltaVista Canada | AltaVista | Excite | Google | HotBot | Lycos
- Search using Specialized Databases: GenBank | Medline | Scirus | CISTI/CAL | Agricola Periodicals | Agricola Books
Further Reading
- Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries. Washington, D.C.: Govt. Print. Off., 1905-1950. url , p. 364, p. 46, p. 46.
- Check-list of species of fishes known from the PhilippineArchipelago, by David Starr Jordan and Robert Earl Richardson. Manila: Bureau of Printing, 1910. url p. 55.
- Check-list of the species of fishes known from the Philippine Archipelago, Manila, Bureau of printing, 1910. url p. 55.
- Fishes of the islands of Luzon and Panay / by David Starr Jordan and Alvin Seale. Washington, D.C.: U.S. G.P.O., 1907? url .
- Records of the Indian Museum. Calcutta: Pub. by order of the trustees of the Indian Museum, . 1907-1962. url p. 132.
- Report on the scientific results of the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76: under the command of Captain George S. Nares, R.N., F.R.S. and Captain Frank Turle Thomson, R.N. / prepared under the superintendence of Sir C. Wyville Thomson. Edinburgh: Neill, 1880-1895. url p. 53.
- Report on the shore fishes procured during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger. .. 1873-76. London, 1880. url p. 53.
- The fishes of India: being a natural history of the fishes known to inhabit the seas and fresh waters of India, Burma and Ceylon / by Francis Day. London: B. Quaritch, [1875]-1878. url , p. 437.
- The fishes of India; being a natural history of the fishes known to inhabit the seas and fresh waters of India, Burma, and Ceylon. London, B. Quaritch, 1878-88. url , .
- The fishes of the Indo-Australian Archipelago. .. by Dr. Max Weber. .. and Dr. L.F. de Beaufort. Leiden, E.J. Brill, Ltd., 1911- url p. 150, p. 303.
Notes
Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed April 20, 2007.
- FishBase
- FishBase 2006.
- FishBase. Release date: January 5, 2010
- Froese, R., and D. Pauly. FishBase 2004. International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 29, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 8 providers.
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
- Teugels, Guy (from FishBase).
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 29, 2008:
- FishBase: FishBase DiGIR Provider - Philippine Server
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: iziko South African Museum - Fish Collection
- Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History: Vertebrate specimens
- Museum national d'histoire naturelle: Ichtyologie
- National Chemical Laboratory: IndOBIS, Indian Ocean Node of OBIS
- OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider: Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums
- Royal Ontario Museum: Fish specimens
- Senckenberg: Collection Pisces
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 125345
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-25325
- Fishbase Species ID: 4807
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13746017
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 173093
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 108715
Footnotes
- Rainboth, W.J. (1996). Fishes of the Cambodian Mekong. FAO Species Identification Field Guide for Fishery Purposes. FAO, Rome, 265 p. [back]
- Desoutter, M. (1986). Cynoglossidae. p. 432-433. In J. Daget, J.-P. Gosse and D.F.E. Thys van den Audenaerde (eds.) Check-list of the freshwater fishes of Africa (CLOFFA). ISNB, Brussels; MRAC, Tervuren; and ORSTOM, Paris. Vol. 2. [back]
- Mean = -201.860 meters (-662.270 feet), Standard Deviation = 890.790 based on 28 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
