/pleuronectiformes/cynoglossidae/cynoglossus/lingua/1.jpg "Cynoglossus lingua")
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 All Fishes Data Sheet | |
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| Scientific Name | Cynoglossus lingua Hamilton, 1822 |
| Common Name | |
| Type Locality | Sundarbans, Ganges River estuary, India [Bay of Bengal]. |
| Synonym(s) | Arelia lingua, Arelia macrorhynchos, Arelia potous, Cynoglossus acinaces, Cynoglossus potous, Plagusia lingua, Plagusia macrorhynchos, Plagusia potous, Pleuronectes potous |
| Etymology | Cynoglossus: Greek, kyon = dog + Greek, odous = teeth + Greek, glossa = tongue. |
| Species Information | |
| Size | 450mm or 17.7" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp. |
| Habitat Information | |
| Distribution | Indo-West Pacific: Malay Archipelago including Thailand, Viet Nam, the Philippines and Indonesia westward to seas and estuaries of India and Pakistan to the Red Sea. |
| IUCN Red List Category | Least Concern , range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2019. |
| Other Parameters | Adults live mainly in shallow muddy and sandy bottoms of the continental shelf, sometimes entering estuaries and tidal rivers. Occurs in marine, brackish and freshwater. |
| Husbandry Information | |
| Feeding | In nature, this species feed mainly on benthic invertebrates. User data. |
| Furniture | Usually deeply buried in the substrate during the day, but out and hunting at night. |
| Breeding Reports | There is no breeding report. |
| Further Information | |
| Reference | An account of the fishes found in the river Ganges, pp 32, 365. |
| Registered Keepers | There is no registered keeper. |
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| Spotters | Spotted this species somewhere? Click the binoculars! There is no record of this fish being seen. |
| Forum BBCode | |
 | Look up C. lingua on Fishbase |
 | Look up C. lingua on Encyclopedia of Life |
 | Look up C. lingua on Global Biodiversity Information Facility |
| LFS label creator ARN ref:19.162.1203.6264 | |
| Last Update | 2020 Nov 04 00:46 (species record created: 2014 Nov 16 04:24) |