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Family · accepted · checked 2026-08-05

Cynoglossidae

Tonguefishes

WoRMS 125578ITIS 173060GBIF 8610key worms:125578
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2026-08-05: itis_id 173060 via WoRMS external link

Silhouette · lisa.g.byrne · CC BY-NC 3.0 · PhyloPic, drawn from Cynoglossidae

Size · not on record: no authority the fetcher reads carries a length for this taxon (a genus page could show the range of its species).

Photograph of Cynoglossidae
Photo · Alexandra Hoschke · CC BY-NC 4.0 · inat NC

Tonguefishes are flatfish in the family Cynoglossidae. They are distinguished by the presence of a long hook on the snout overhanging the mouth, and the absence of pectoral fins.W CalCOFI holds 1,298 observations of it in 1 dataset between 1951 and 2022, as larva, across 5 taxa under it.R

1,298
observations
1,298
records
2
sampling events
1951–2022
years
1
datasets
3
species under it
larva
life stages

Observed in
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One row per dataset, one cell per year, darker with more observations — the same strip the front door draws per dataset. Each row ends with the name that dataset uses (dataset_taxon); the accepted name is written once, in the title above. A quiet pill marks a name the authority does not accept.

  • Ichthyoplankton 2 obs · 2 events · 1990–2000 · larva
    name used: Cynoglossidae Tonguefishes · code 965

Under it · 1 taxon

Ways in
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Read from taxa.json of release v2026.09.11, written at release by calcofi4db::build_taxa_catalog(). The catalog's index is /species/.

Explorerdb-query
ERDDAPCalCOFI's own server, the Ichthyoplankton table constrained to this taxon
https://erddap.calcofi.io/erddap/tabledap/swfsc_ichthyo.html?&taxon_key=%22worms:125578%22