cynoglossid

English
A cynoglossid, Symphurus thermophilus

Noun

cynoglossid (plural cynoglossids)

  1. (zoology) Any species of the tonguefish family Cynoglossidae.
    • 1997, S. J. Blaber, Fish and Fisheries in Tropical Estuaries‎, 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, 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
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.