Cynoglossus

Cynoglossus is a genus of tonguefish. Most species are indigenous to the Indo-Pacific region, but they also occur in a few in warmer parts of the East Atlantic. They are commonly found in shallow waters on a muddy or sandy bottom, including estuaries, and a few species are restricted to fresh water. The largest species reaches 66 cm (26 in) in length.^[1]

Species

The 62 currently recognized species in this genus are:^[1][2]

• Cynoglossus abbreviatus (J. E. Gray, 1834) (three-lined tongue sole)
• Cynoglossus acaudatus Gilchrist, 1906 (Natal tongue fish)
• Cynoglossus acutirostris Norman, 1939 (Sharpnose tongue sole)
• Cynoglossus arel (Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801) (largescale tongue sole)
• Cynoglossus attenuatus Gilchrist, 1904 (fourline tongue sole)
• Cynoglossus broadhursti Waite, 1905 (southern tongue sole)
• Cynoglossus browni Chabanaud, 1949 (Nigerian tongue sole)
• Cynoglossus cadenati Chabanaud, 1947 (Ghanaian tongue sole)
• Cynoglossus canariensis Steindachner, 1882 (Canary tongue sole)
• Cynoglossus capensis (Kaup, 1858) (sand tonguefish)
• Cynoglossus carpenteri Alcock, 1889 (hooked tongue sole)
• Cynoglossus cynoglossus (F. Hamilton, 1822) (Bengal tongue sole)
• Cynoglossus dispar F. Day, 1877 (roundhead tongue sole)
• Cynoglossus dollfusi (Chabanaud, 1931)
• Cynoglossus dubius F. Day, 1873 (carrot tongue sole)
• Cynoglossus durbanensis Regan, 1921 (Durban tongue sole)
• Cynoglossus feldmanni (Bleeker, 1853) (river tongue sole)
• Cynoglossus gilchristi Regan, 1920 (ripplefin tongue sole)
• Cynoglossus gracilis Günther, 1873
• Cynoglossus heterolepis M. C. W. Weber, 1910 (freshwater tongue sole)
• Cynoglossus interruptus Günther, 1880 (genko sole)
• Cynoglossus itinus (Snyder, 1909)
• Cynoglossus joyneri Günther, 1878 (red tongue sole)
• Cynoglossus kapuasensis Fowler, 1905
• Cynoglossus kopsii (Bleeker, 1851) (shortheaded tongue sole)
• Cynoglossus lachneri Menon, 1977 (Lachner's tongue sole)
• Cynoglossus lida (Bleeker, 1851) (roughscale tongue sole)
• Cynoglossus lighti Norman, 1925
• Cynoglossus lineolatus Steindachner, 1867
• Cynoglossus lingua F. Hamilton, 1822 (long tongue sole)
• Cynoglossus maccullochi Norman, 1926
• Cynoglossus macrolepidotus (Bleeker, 1851)
• Cynoglossus macrophthalmus Norman, 1926 (big-eyed tongue sole)
• Cynoglossus macrostomus Norman, 1928 (Malabar tongue sole)
• Cynoglossus maculipinnis Rendahl (de), 1921
• Cynoglossus marleyi Regan, 1921 (threeline tongue sole)
• Cynoglossus melampetalus (J. Richardson, 1846)
• Cynoglossus microlepis (Bleeker, 1851) (smallscale tongue sole)
• Cynoglossus monodi Chabanaud, 1949 (Guinean tonguesole)
• Cynoglossus monopus (Bleeker, 1849)
• Cynoglossus nigropinnatus Ochiai, 1963
• Cynoglossus ochiaii Yokogawa, Endo & Sakaji, 2008
• Cynoglossus ogilbyi Norman, 1926
• Cynoglossus oligolepis (Bleeker, 1855)
• Cynoglossus pottii Steindachner, 1902
• Cynoglossus puncticeps (J. Richardson, 1846) (speckled tonguesole)
• Cynoglossus purpureomaculatus Regan, 1905
• Cynoglossus quadrilineatus (Bleeker, 1851) (fourlined tongue sole)^[2]
• Cynoglossus robustus Günther, 1873
• Cynoglossus roulei H. W. Wu, 1932
• Cynoglossus sealarki Regan, 1908
• Cynoglossus semifasciatus F. Day, 1877 (Bengal tongue sole)
• Cynoglossus semilaevis Günther, 1873 (tongue sole)
• Cynoglossus senegalensis (Kaup, 1858) (Senegalese tongue sole)
• Cynoglossus sibogae M. C. W. Weber, 1913
• Cynoglossus sinicus H. W. Wu, 1932
• Cynoglossus sinusarabici (Chabanaud, 1931)
• Cynoglossus suyeni Fowler, 1934
• Cynoglossus trigrammus Günther, 1862
• Cynoglossus trulla (Cantor, 1849) (Macau sole)
• Cynoglossus waandersii (Bleeker, 1854)
• Cynoglossus zanzibarensis Norman, 1939 (Zanzibar tongue sole)

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