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Teleostei (teleosts) > Pleuronectiformes (Flatfishes) > Cynoglossidae (Tonguefishes) > Cynoglossinae
Etymology: Cynoglossus: Greek, kyon = dog + Greek, odous = teeth + Greek, glossa = tongue (Ref. 45335); westraliensis: Named for its type locality, in Western Australia; an adjective.

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Marine; demersal; depth range ? - 250 m (Ref. 122477). Subtropical

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Eastern Indian Ocean: Western Australia.

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 21.1 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 122477)

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Dorsal soft rays (total): 120 - 126; Anal soft rays: 105 - 106; Vertebrae: 50. This species is distinguished by the following characters: snout is relatively long, bluntly rounded; head length 21.5% of SL, snout length 9.3-11.6% of SL (43.4-46.5% of HL); eyes are not contiguous; corner of mouth is nearer to posterior edge of opercle than to tip of snout; ocular side has 3 lateral lines, midlateral-line scales 111-115, scale rows between midlateral and dorsolateral lines 20, no lateral lines on blind side; ocular side with ctenoid scales, blind side with cycloid scales; D 120-126; A 105-106; caudal-fin rays 8; gill chamber and peritoneum black (Ref. 122477).

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Fricke, R., 2019. Cynoglossus westraliensis, a new species of tonguesole from Western Australia (Teleostei: Cynoglossidae). FishTaxa 4(2):31-40. (Ref. 122477)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)

Data deficient (DD) ; Date assessed: 16 September 2020

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Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = No PD50 data [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01000 (0.00244 - 0.04107), b=3.04 (2.81 - 3.27), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 3.5 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives

Resilience (Ref. 120179): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low vulnerability (16 of 100).

Cynoglossus westraliensis Fricke, 2019