Cynoglossus sinicus

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• Description
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Overview

Family : Tonguefishes ;

Common Names

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Description

Family Cynoglossidae

Distribution: tropical and subtropical areas. Both eyes on left side of head ; eyes very small with little interorbital space. Preopercle margin covered with skin . Asymmetrical mouth . Caudal fin pointed and confluent with dorsal and caudal fins. Right pelvic fin usually undeveloped . No pectoral fins. Dorsal fin origin at or in front of fixed (lower) eye. Vertebrae usually 9 or 10 + 33-66. To about 48 cm maximum length , usually below 30 cm. Tongue fishes are found in warm waters of all oceans (between 40° latitudes ). Most species occur in shallow water or estuaries; Symphurinae are in deep water of 300-1,900 m ; many species are commercially important. Five species are known primarily from rivers .The family Cynoglossidae belongs to the Class Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) and the Order Pleuronectiformes. It contains 3 genera and 110 species. It may be found in Marine , Brackish , and Freshwater environments and is primarily Marine. Members of this family are not used in the aquarium trade. Reproductively, most members of this family are nonguarders. The main mode of swimming of adult fish in this family is anguilliform . Compared with other fish, the activity level of this family tends to be sluggish. Members of this family have been dated back to the middle Eocene epoch of the Tertiary period. This family may be found from 48° n to 40° s and 125° w to 154° e. Etymology of this family name : Greek, kyon = dog + Greek, glossa = tongue

Habitat

Biome: Fresh water , brackish water. Demersal .

Taxonomy

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: –

Similar Species

Members of the genus Cynoglossus

There are approximately 82 species in this genus:

C. gracilis · C. abbreviatus (Shortnose Tongue Sole) · C. acaudatus (Natal Tongue-Fish) · C. acutirostris (Sharpnose Tonguesole) · C. arel (Brown Tonguesole) · C. attenuatus (Fourline Tonguefish) · C. puncticeps · C. semifasciatus · C. bilineatus (Four-Line Tonguesole) · C. gilchristi · C. broadhursti (Southern Tongue Sole) · C. browni (Nigerian Tonguesole) · C. cadenati (Ghanian Tonguesole) · C. cadenati cadenati · C. cadenati honoris · C. canariensis (Canary Tonguesole) · C. capensis (Sand Sole) · C. carpenteri (Alcock's Tongue-Sole) · C. cleopatridis · C. cynoglossus (Bengal Tongue Sole) · C. dispar (Day's Tongue-Sole) · C. dollfusi · C. dubius (Carrot Tonguesole) · C. durbanensis (Durban Tonguefish) · C. elongatus · C. feldmanni (River Tonguesole) · C. gilchristi (Ripplefin Tonguefish) · C. gracilis · C. macrostomus · C. heterolepis (Freshwater Tongue Sole) · C. acaudatus · C. interruptus (Genko Sole) · C. itinus · C. joyneri (Akashitabirame) · C. kapuasensis · C. kopsi diagramma · C. kopsii (Kops' Tonguesole) · C. lachneri (Lachner's Tonguesole) · C. lagoensis monodi · C. lida (Roughscale Tonguefish) · C. lighti · C. lineolatus · C. lingua (Flat Fish) · C. maccullochi · C. macrolepidotus (Largescaled Tonguesole) · C. macrophthalmus (Big-Eyed Tongue-Sole) · C. macropthalmas · C. macrostomus (Malabar Sole) · C. maculipinnis · C. marleyi (Threeline Tonguefish) · C. melampetalus · C. melampttalus · C. microlepis (Smallscale Tonguesole) · C. monodi (Guinean Tonguesole) · C. monopus · C. nigropinnatus · C. ogilbyi · C. oligolepis · C. pottii · C. puncticeps (Blotched Tongue-Sole) · C. puncticeps immaculata · C. purpureomaculatus · C. robustus (Robust Tonguefish) · C. roulei · C. saelarki · C. sealarki · C. semifasciatus (Bengal Tongue-Sole) · C. semilaevis (Tongue Sole) · C. senegalensis (Large Tonguesole) · C. senegalensis browni · C. senegalensis canariensis · C. senegalensis simulator · C. sibogae · C. sinicus (Macao Sole) · C. sinusarabici · C. spp · C. suyeni · C. trigrammus · C. trulla (Borneo Tongue-Sole) · C. waandersii · C. abbreviatus · C. zanzibarensis (Redspotted Tonguefish)

Bibliography

• Eschmeyer, William N., ed. 1998. Catalog of Fishes. Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco, California, USA. 2905. ISBN: 0-940228-47-5.
• Feng, Q. (1991). Pleuronectiformes. p. 523--536. In J.-H. Pan, L. Zhong, C.-Y. Zheng, H.-L. Wu and J.-H. Liu (eds). 1991. The freshwater fishes of Guangdong Province. Guangdong Science and Technology Press, Guangzhou. 589 pp.
• Huang, Z. (2001). Marine species and their distribution in China's Seas. pp. 404- 463. Vertebrata. Smithsonian Institution, Florida, USA. 598 p.
• Shiino, Sueo M. 1976. List of Common Names of Fishes of the World, Those Prevailing among English-speaking Nations. Science Report of Shima Marineland, no. 4. Shima Marineland. Kashikojima, Shima, Mie, Japan. 262.

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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.
• Fricke, Ronald (from FishBase).
• Froese, R., and D. Pauly. FishBase 2004. International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management.

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3860290
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-134514
• Fishbase Species ID: 55207
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 89833
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 173095
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 108724

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