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Cynoglossus puncticeps (Richardson, 1846)

Speckled tonguesole
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Sri Lanka country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: brackish
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Uses: no uses
Comments: In range Ref. 2107. Found in offshore muddy bottoms, pearl banks.
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/ce.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: De Bruin, G.H.P., B.C. Russell and A. Bogusch, 1995
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Pleuronectiformes (Flatfishes) > Cynoglossidae (Tonguefishes) > Cynoglossinae
Etymology: Cynoglossus: Greek, kyon = dog + Greek, odous = teeth + Greek, glossa = tongue (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Richardson.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; freshwater; brackish; demersal; depth range 1 - 140 m (Ref. 9895).   Tropical

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