161 Species in Family Cynoglossidae
Nominal species list for Cynoglossidae
Scientific Name Author English Name
Cynoglossus sinusarabici (Chabanaud, 1931) Red Sea tonguesole
Cynoglossus suyeni Fowler, 1934
Cynoglossus trigrammus Günther, 1862
Cynoglossus trulla (Cantor, 1849) Macau sole
Cynoglossus waandersii (Bleeker, 1854)
Cynoglossus westraliensis Fricke, 2019 Western Austalian deep-water tonguesole
Cynoglossus yokomaru Naito & Endo, 2019 High-forehead genko sole
Cynoglossus zanzibarensis Norman, 1939 Zanzibar tonguesole
Cynoglossus abbreviatus (Gray, 1834) Three-lined tongue sole
Cynoglossus acaudatus Gilchrist, 1906 Natal tongue-fish
Cynoglossus acutirostris Norman, 1939 Sharpnose tonguesole
Cynoglossus arel (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) Largescale tonguesole
Cynoglossus attenuatus Gilchrist, 1904 Fourline tonguesole
Cynoglossus bilineatus (Lacepède, 1802) Fourlined tonguesole
Cynoglossus broadhursti Waite, 1905 Southern tongue sole
Cynoglossus browni Chabanaud, 1949 Nigerian tonguesole
Cynoglossus cadenati Chabanaud, 1947 Ghanian tonguesole
Cynoglossus canariensis Steindachner, 1882 Canary tonguesole
Cynoglossus capensis (Kaup, 1858) Sand tonguefish
Cynoglossus carpenteri Alcock, 1889 Hooked tonguesole
Cynoglossus crepida Fricke, Golani & Appelbaum-Golani, 2017 Bluntnose deepwater tonguesole
Cynoglossus cynoglossus (Hamilton, 1822) Bengal tongue sole
Cynoglossus dispar Day, 1877 Roundhead toungesole
Cynoglossus dollfusi (Chabanaud, 1931)
Cynoglossus dubius Day, 1873 Carrot tonguesole
Cynoglossus durbanensis Regan, 1921 Durban tonguesole
Cynoglossus feldmanni (Bleeker, 1854) River tonguesole
Cynoglossus gilchristi Regan, 1920 Ripplefin tonguesole
Cynoglossus gracilis Günther, 1873
Cynoglossus heterolepis Weber, 1910 Freshwater tongue sole
Cynoglossus interruptus Günther, 1880 Genko sole
Cynoglossus itinus (Snyder, 1909) Speckled tongue sole
Cynoglossus joyneri Günther, 1878 Red tonguesole
Cynoglossus kapuasensis Fowler, 1905
Cynoglossus kopsii (Bleeker, 1851) Shortheaded tonguesole
Cynoglossus lachneri Menon, 1977 Lachner's tonguesole
Cynoglossus lida (Bleeker, 1851) Roughscale tonguesole
Cynoglossus lighti Norman, 1925
Cynoglossus lineolatus Steindachner, 1867
Cynoglossus lingua Hamilton, 1822 Long tongue sole
Cynoglossus maccullochi Norman, 1926
Cynoglossus macrolepidotus (Bleeker, 1851)
Cynoglossus macrophthalmus Norman, 1926 Big-eyed tongue-sole
Cynoglossus macrostomus Norman, 1928 Malabar tonguesole
Cynoglossus maculipinnis Rendahl, 1921
Cynoglossus marleyi Regan, 1921 Threeline tonguesole
Cynoglossus melampetalus (Richardson, 1846)
Cynoglossus microlepis (Bleeker, 1851) Smallscale tonguesole
Cynoglossus monodi Chabanaud, 1949 Guinean tonguesole
Cynoglossus monopus (Bleeker, 1849)
Cynoglossus nanhaiensis Wang, Munroe & Kong, 2016 Nanhai tongue sole
Cynoglossus nigropinnatus Ochiai, 1963
Cynoglossus ochiaii Yokogawa, endo & Sakaji, 2008
Cynoglossus ogilbyi Norman, 1926
Cynoglossus oligolepis (Bleeker, 1855)
Cynoglossus pottii Steindachner, 1902
Cynoglossus puncticeps (Richardson, 1846) Speckled tonguesole
Cynoglossus purpureomaculatus Regan, 1905
Cynoglossus quadriocellatus Fricke, 2020 Ocellated tonguesole
Cynoglossus robustus Günther, 1873
Cynoglossus roulei Wu, 1932
Cynoglossus sealarki Regan, 1908
Cynoglossus semifasciatus Day, 1877 Bengal tonguesole
Cynoglossus semilaevis Günther, 1873 Tongue sole
Cynoglossus senegalensis (Kaup, 1858) Senegalese tonguesole
Cynoglossus sibogae Weber, 1913
Cynoglossus sinicus Wu, 1932
Paraplagusia bilineata (Bloch, 1787) Doublelined tonguesole
Paraplagusia blochii (Bleeker, 1851) Bloch's tonguesole
Paraplagusia guttata (Macleay, 1878)
Paraplagusia japonica (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846) Black cow-tongue
Paraplagusia longirostris Chapleau, Renaud & Kailola, 1991 Long-snouted tongue sole
Paraplagusia sinerama Chapleau & Renaud, 1993 Dusky tongue sole
Symphurus arabicus Chabanaud, 1954
Symphurus arawak Robins & Randall, 1965 Caribbean tonguefish
Symphurus atramentatus Jordan & Bollman, 1890 Inkspot tonguefish
Symphurus atricauda (Jordan & Gilbert, 1880) California tonguefish
Symphurus australis McCulloch, 1907
Symphurus bathyspilus Krabbenhoft & Munroe, 2003
Symphurus billykrietei Munroe, 1998 Kriete's tonguefish
Symphurus brachycephalus Lee & Munroe, 2021 Short-headed tonguefish
Symphurus callopterus Munroe & Mahadeva, 1989 Chocolate tonguefish
Symphurus caribbeanus Munroe, 1991
Symphurus chabanaudi Mahadeva & Munroe, 1990 Chabanaud's tonguefish
Symphurus civitatum Ginsburg, 1951 Offshore tonguefish
Symphurus diabolicus Mahadeva & Munroe, 1990 Devil's tonguefish
Symphurus diomedeanus (Goode & Bean, 1885) Spottedfin tonguefish
Symphurus elongatus (Günther, 1868) Elongate tonguefish
Symphurus fallax Chabanaud, 1957
Symphurus fasciolaris Gilbert, 1892 Banded tongue-fish
Symphurus fuscus Brauer, 1906
Symphurus gilesii (Alcock, 1889)
Symphurus ginsburgi Menezes & Benvegnú, 1976 Ginsburg's tonguefish
Symphurus gorgonae Chabanaud, 1948 Gorgonian tonguefish
Symphurus hernandezi Saavedra-Díaz, Munroe & Acero P., 2003
Symphurus holothuriae Chabanaud, 1948
Symphurus hondoensis Hubbs, 1915
Symphurus hongae Lee & Munroe, 2021 Hong's tonguefish
Symphurus insularis Munroe, Brito & Hernández, 2000
Symphurus jenynsi Evermann & Kendall, 1906 Jenyn's tonguefish
Symphurus kyaropterygium Menezes & Benvegnú, 1976
Symphurus leeorum Jordan & Bollman, 1890 Lee's tonguefish
Symphurus leptosomus Lee & Munroe, 2021 Slender tonguefish
Symphurus leucochilus Lee, Munroe & Shao, 2014
Symphurus ligulatus (Cocco, 1844) Elongate tonguesole
Symphurus longirostris Lee, Munroe & Kai, 2016 Long-snout tonguefish
Symphurus lubbocki Munroe, 1990
Symphurus luzonensis Chabanaud, 1955
Symphurus macrophthalmus Norman, 1939
Symphurus maculopinnis Munroe, Tyler & Tunnicliffe, 2011
Symphurus maldivensis Chabanaud, 1955
Symphurus marginatus (Goode & Bean, 1886) Margined tonguefish
Symphurus marmoratus Fowler, 1934
Symphurus megasomus Lee, Chen & Shao, 2009 Giant tonguefish
Symphurus melanurus Clark, 1936 Drab tonguefish
Symphurus melasmatotheca Munroe & Nizinski, 1990 Blackstripe tonguefish
Symphurus microlepis Garman, 1899 Smallfin tonguefish
Symphurus microrhynchus (Weber, 1913)
Symphurus minor Ginsburg, 1951 Largescale tonguefish
Symphurus monostigmus Munroe, 2006 Spotbelly tonguefish
Symphurus multimaculatus Lee, Munroe & Chen, 2009 Pepperdot tonguefish
Symphurus nebulosus (Goode & Bean, 1883) Freckled tonguefish
Symphurus nigrescens Rafinesque, 1810 Tonguesole
Symphurus normani Chabanaud, 1950 Norman's tonguesole
Symphurus novemfasciatus Shen & Lin, 1984
Symphurus ocellaris Munroe & Robertson, 2005 Ringtail tonguefish
Symphurus ocellatus von Bonde, 1922 Double-spot tonguesole
Symphurus oculellus Munroe, 1991
Symphurus oligomerus Mahadeva & Munroe, 1990 Spotfin tonguefish
Symphurus ommaspilus Böhlke, 1961 Ocellated tonguefish
Symphurus orientalis (Bleeker, 1879)
Symphurus oxyrhynchus Lee, 2022 Sharpnose tonguefish
Symphurus parvus Ginsburg, 1951 Pygmy tonguefish
Symphurus pelicanus Ginsburg, 1951 Longtail tonguefish
Symphurus piger (Goode & Bean, 1886) Deepwater tonguefish
Symphurus plagiusa (Linnaeus, 1766) Blackcheek tonguefish
Symphurus plagusia (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) Duskycheek tonguefish
Symphurus polylepis Lee & Munroe, 2021 Small-scale tonguefish
Symphurus prolatinaris Munroe, Nizinski & Mahadeva, 1991 Halfstriped tonguefish
Symphurus pusillus (Goode & Bean, 1885) Northern tonguefish
Symphurus regani Weber & de Beaufort, 1929
Symphurus reticulatus Munroe, 1990
Symphurus rhytisma Böhlke, 1961 Patchtail tonguefish
Symphurus robustus Lee & Munroe, 2021 Robust tonguefish
Symphurus sayademalhensis Chabanaud, 1955
Symphurus schultzi Chabanaud, 1955
Symphurus septemstriatus (Alcock, 1891) Sevenband tonguesole
Symphurus stigmosus Munroe, 1998 Blotchfin tonguefish
Symphurus strictus Gilbert, 1905 Blackbelly tonguesole
Symphurus tessellatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
Symphurus thermophilus Munroe & Hashimoto, 2008 Western Pacific tonguefish
Symphurus trewavasae Chabanaud, 1948 Trewavas' tonguefish
Symphurus trifasciatus (Alcock, 1894) Threeband tonguesole
Symphurus undatus Gilbert, 1905
Symphurus undecimplerus Munroe & Nizinski, 1990 Dark cheek tongue
Symphurus urospilus Ginsburg, 1951 Spottail tonguefish
Symphurus vanmelleae Chabanaud, 1952 Vanmelle's tonguefish
Symphurus variegatus (Gilchrist, 1903)
Symphurus varius Garman, 1899 Mottled tonguefish
Symphurus williamsi Jordan & Culver, 1895 William's tonguefish
Symphurus woodmasoni (Alcock, 1889)
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