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Cynoglossus lingua

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Kingdom
  
Family
  
Cynoglossidae

Scientific name
  
Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Pleuronectiformes

Genus
  
Cynoglossus

Rank
  
Species

Similar
  
Cynoglossus quadrilineatus, Cynoglossus cynoglossus, Cynoglossus arel, Cynoglossus

Cynoglossus lingua, commonly known as the long tongue sole or textile tongue sole is a species of tonguefish. It is indigenous to the Indo-West Pacific region, commonly found in shallow muddy or sandy waters along the coast of the Philippines, Thailand and the Malay peninsula, Burma, the Bay of Bengal and as far west as the Red Sea.

The eyed side of the fish is typically reddish brown, sometimes with irregular brown-black patches, with a large black blotch on gill cover.

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Cynoglossus lingua Wikipedia


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