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Cynoglossidae (Tonguefishes) > Cynoglossinae
Etymology: Cynoglossus: Greek, kyon = dog + Greek, odous = teeth + Greek, glossa = tongue (Ref. 45335).
Environment / Climate / Range
Ecology
Marine; demersal; depth range 20 - 85 m (Ref. 11230). Deep-water, preferred ?
Indo-West Pacific: South China Sea (Amoy, Canton, Kowloon, Hong Kong and Shanton) through Taiwan, Shanghai, Tunghai and Pohai to Korea and Japan. Known from Shizuoka Prefecture to the South China Sea (Ref. 559). Also found in Indonesia (Ref. 5978).
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 30.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 559)
Body comparatively deep (23 to 28% SL). Maxilla extending only to point equal with verticals through middle and posterior margin of fixed eye. Corner of mouth nearer to tip of snout than to branchial opening (Ref 9895).
Found in the sublittoral zone incl. semi-enclosed sea areas; inhabits muddy and sandy bottoms of the continental shelf and feeds mainly on benthic invertebrates (Ref. 2107, 11230).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Menon, A.G.K., 1977. A systematic monograph of the tongue soles of the genus Cynoglossus Hamilton-Buchanan (Pisces: Cynoglossidae). Smithson. Contrib. Zool. (238):1-129. (Ref. 5297)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)
CITES (Ref. 94142)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: commercial
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