cynoglossid
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Noun edit
cynoglossid (plural cynoglossids)
- (zoology) Any species of the tonguefish family Cynoglossidae.
- 1997, S. J. Blaber, Fish and Fisheries in Tropical Estuaries[1], page 106:
- Among the flatfish, bothids are mainly found in deeper, less muddy situations while cynoglossids occur in shallower muddy areas.
- 2006, John D. McEachran, Janice D. Fechhelm, Fishes of the Gulf of Mexico, volume 2, Scorpaeniformes to Tetraodontiformes, page 872:
- Cynoglossids are elongate and oval in profile, with eyes on left side of head, pectoral fins absent or represented by a membrane, and dorsal and anal fins confluent with caudal fin.
- 2008, Richard Millner, Stephen J. Walsh, Juan M. Díaz de Astarloa, “Chapter 11: Atlantic flatfish fisheries”, in Robin N. Gibson, editor, Flatfishes: Biology and Exploitation, page 250:
- Only the soleids, bothids and some species of cynoglossids constitute fishery resources of commercial importance in the area.
Synonyms edit
- (any species of Cynoglossidae): tonguefish