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Cynoglossidae
Jordan, 1888
- tonguefishes
(fish)
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Entity:
Soleoidea (Superfamily)
..Achiridae (Family) - American soles
..Achiropsettidae (Family) - southern flounders
..Oncopteridae (Family) - remo flounders
..Paralichthodidae (Family) - peppered flounders
..Poecilopsettidae (Family) - bigeye flounders
..Rhombosoleidae (Family) - South Pacific flounders
..Samaridae (Family) - crested flounders
..Soleidae (Family) - soles
..Cynoglossidae (Family) - tonguefishes
....Cynoglossinae (Subfamily) - hookedsnout tongue soles
....Symphurinae (Subfamily) - straightsnout tongue soles
Authorship
Original name
:
Jordan, 1888.
Types
Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]
:
Cynoglossinae
(Subfamily)
Jordan, 1888
Ref:
J.S. Nelson, 2006
: 451.
[inferred]
Type
:
Cynoglossus
(Genus)
Hamilton, 1822
Ref:
J.S. Nelson, 2006
: 451; 29 Feb 2024.
[inferred]
Vernacular Names (Dutch)
Full name
:
hondstongen
Ref:
B. Grzimek (ed.), 1973-1975
Vernacular Names (English)
Full name
:
tonguefishes
Ref:
J.S. Nelson et al., 2016
: 404; ECoF(4 Feb 2025).
:
tonguefishes
Ref:
W.N. Eschmeyer, 1998
: 2492.
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