Animalia > Chordata > Pleuronectiformes > Cynoglossidae > Cynoglossus > Cynoglossus cynoglossus

Cynoglossus cynoglossus (Bengal tonguesole; Tonguefish; Gangetic tongue-sole; Indian turbot; Gangetic tonguesole; Bengal tongue sole; Tonguesole)

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Language: Bengali; Danish; Gen-Gbe; Khmer; Malay; Mandarin Chinese; Russian; Tagalog; Visayan

Wikipedia Abstract

Cynoglossus cynoglossus, commonly known as the Bengal tonguesole is a species of tonguefish. It is commonly found in the Indian Ocean, particularly in brackish water and muddy or sandy bottoms off the coast of India, Bangladesh and Burma. It reaches a length between 12.5 cm and 20 cm. The dorsal soft rays number between 95 and 102, and the anal soft rays between 72 and 78.It feeds on benthic invertebrates. Malabar sole
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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  

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Lepocreadioides orientalis[1]

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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