cynoglossid

plural cynoglossids

1. biologyAny species of the tonguefish family Cynoglossidae.

   Only the soleids, bothids and some species of cynoglossids constitute fishery resources of commercial importance in the area.

   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

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   Among the flatfish, bothids are mainly found in deeper, less muddy situations while cynoglossids occur in shallower muddy areas.

   1997, S. J. Blaber, Fish and Fisheries in Tropical Estuaries, page 106

   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.

   2006, John D. McEachran, Janice D. Fechhelm, Fishes of the Gulf of Mexico, volume 2, Scorpaeniformes to Tetraodontiformes, page 872

   Synonyms: tonguefish