Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Superclass Gnathostomata > Superclass Pisces > Class Actinopterygii > Order Pleuronectiformes > Family Cynoglossidae > Subfamily Cynoglossinae

Cynoglossus Hamilton, 1822

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Cynoglossus browni Chabanaud, 1949
Cynoglossus sinusarabici (Chabanaud, 1931)

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: tropische tong sources: Belgisch staatsblad 07-08-1996: Koninklijk besluit houdende reglementering van de benamingen van visserijprodukten en verwerkte visserijprodukten

French: sole tropicale; sole-langue sources: Belgisch staatsblad 07-08-1996: Koninklijk besluit houdende reglementering van de benamingen van visserijprodukten en verwerkte visserijprodukten

German: tropische Zunge

Literature

basis of record	van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374
additional source	Nomenclator Zoologicus
additional source	FishBase, version october 2012
additional source	Eschmeyer, W.: Catalog of fishes; California Academy of Sciences, department Ichtyology.
additional source	Hamilton, F. [Buchanan] (1822). An account of the fishes found in the river Ganges and its branches. Edinburgh & London. Pp i-vii + 1-405, Pls. 1-39.

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Citation

Bailly, N. (2014). Cynoglossus Hamilton, 1822. In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2014) FishBase. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126112