| Cynoglossidae (Tonguefishes), subfamily: Cynoglossinae |
| 66 cm TL (male/unsexed) |
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demersal; depth range 10 - 110 m, |
| Eastern Atlantic: Mauritania to Angola (Ref. 81291) Found in estuaries and also in freshwater lagoons of West Africa (Ref. 81291). |
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Dorsal spines (total): 0-0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 119-125; Anal spines: 0-0; Anal soft rays: 93-99. Diagnosis: flat and elongate body, slightly tapering backwards; snout broadly rounded, its rostral hook rather short, extending to level of anterior nostril; mouth hook-shaped; eyes small and placed on left side of head, separated by wide interorbital space; preopercular margin not free, covered by skin and scales; dorsal and anal fins lacking spinous rays and confluent with caudal fin; pectoral fins absent or rudimentary; only the pelvic fin of eyed side present, united to anal fin; small ctenoid scales on eyed side and cycloid scales on blind side; median lateral line on blind side (Ref. 81291).
Description: angle of mouth extending backwards beyond level of lower eye; caudal fin with 12 rays; median lateral line with 124-138 tubular scales; 17-19 scale rows between midlateral and dorso-marginal lines (Ref. 81291).
Colouration: eyed side more or less uniformly brown, with greenish reflections in life; opercular region often blackish; blind side whitish (Ref. 81291). |
| Found on sand and mud bottoms of coastal waters (Ref. 2683). Feeds on mollusks, shrimps, crabs and fish (Ref. 28587). Sold as frozen filet under the name 'filets de sole' (Ref. 5377). Caught in freshwater lagoons of West Africa (Ref. 81291). |
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Near Threatened
(Ref. 96402)
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| harmless |
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