Animalia > Chordata > Pleuronectiformes > Cynoglossidae > Cynoglossus > Cynoglossus bilineatus

Cynoglossus bilineatus (fourlin tonguesole; ohshitabirame; twolin tonguesole; twolined tonguesole; Two-lined toungesole; Twoline tonguesole; Tonguefish; Fourlined tongue-sole; Fourlined tonguesole; Four-line tonguesole; Fourline tonguesole; Tongue sole)

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Language: Agutaynen; Arabic; Bikol; Cebuano; Chavacano; Danish; Davawenyo; French; Hiligaynon; Ilokano; Japanese; Javanese; Khmer; Kuyunon; Makassarese; Malay; Mandarin Chinese; Maranao/Samal/Tao Sug; Marathi; Persian; Russian; Spanish; Swahili; Tagalog; Thai; Visayan; Waray-waray

Wikipedia Abstract

Cynoglossus quadrilineatus, the Fourlined tonguesole is a species of tonguefish native to the Indian Ocean from Pakistan to the western Pacific Ocean where it occurs from Japan to northern Australia. It can be found in marine and brackish waters (entering fresh waters in the tidal zone of the Mekong River) in estuaries and coastal waters out to the continental shelf at depths of from 10 to 400 metres (33 to 1,312 ft). This species can reach a length of 44 centimetres (17 in) SL though most do not exceed 30 centimetres (12 in) SL. It is important in local commercial fisheries.
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Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Can Gio Mangrove Biosphere Reserve 123722 Viet Nam  
Sunderban National Park 261613 India  

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♦ 1Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0