| Species name | Common name | Distribution | Max. Length (cm) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cynoglossus browni Chabanaud, 1949 |
Nigerian tonguesole | Eastern Atlantic | 40.2 |
| Cynoglossus cadenati Chabanaud, 1947 |
Ghanian tonguesole | Eastern Atlantic | 20 |
| Cynoglossus canariensis Steindachner, 1882 |
Canary tonguesole | Eastern Central Atlantic | 60 |
| Cynoglossus capensis (Kaup, 1858) |
Sand tonguefish | Southeast Atlantic | 31 |
| Cynoglossus carpenteri Alcock, 1889 |
Hooked tonguesole | Indian Ocean | 23 |
| Cynoglossus crepida Fricke, Golani & Appelbaum-Golani, 2017 |
Bluntnose deepwater tonguesole | Eastern Indian Ocean | 20.29 |
| Cynoglossus cynoglossus (Hamilton, 1822) |
Bengal tongue sole | Indo-West Pacific | 20 |
| Cynoglossus dispar Day, 1877 |
Roundhead toungesole | Western Indian Ocean | 38.9 |
| Cynoglossus dollfusi (Chabanaud, 1931) |
Western Indian Ocean | 12.9 | |
| Cynoglossus dubius Day, 1873 |
Carrot tonguesole | Western Indian Ocean | 50 |
| Cynoglossus durbanensis Regan, 1921 |
Durban tonguesole | Western Indian Ocean | 20 |
| Cynoglossus feldmanni (Bleeker, 1854) |
River tonguesole | Asia | 25 |
| Cynoglossus gilchristi Regan, 1920 |
Ripplefin tonguesole | Western Indian Ocean | 16 |
| Cynoglossus gracilis Günther, 1873 |
Northwest Pacific | 31.05 | |
| Cynoglossus heterolepis Weber, 1910 |
Freshwater tongue sole | Asia and Oceania | 25 |
| Cynoglossus interruptus Günther, 1880 |
Genko sole | Northwest Pacific | 19.7 |
| Cynoglossus itinus (Snyder, 1909) |
Speckled tongue sole | Northwest Pacific | 14 |
| Cynoglossus joyneri Günther, 1878 |
Red tonguesole | Northwest Pacific | 39.4 |
| Cynoglossus kapuasensis Fowler, 1905 |
Asia | 28.5 | |
| Cynoglossus kopsii (Bleeker, 1851) |
Shortheaded tonguesole | Indo-West Pacific | 60 |
| Cynoglossus lachneri Menon, 1977 |
Lachner's tonguesole | Western Indian Ocean | 46 |
| Cynoglossus lida (Bleeker, 1851) |
Roughscale tonguesole | Indo-West Pacific | 21.3 |
| Cynoglossus lighti Norman, 1925 |
Northwest Pacific | 22.2 | |
| Cynoglossus lineolatus Steindachner, 1867 |
Northwest Pacific | 9.87 | |
| Cynoglossus lingua Hamilton, 1822 |
Long tongue sole | Indo-West Pacific | 45 |
| Cynoglossus maccullochi Norman, 1926 |
Western Central Pacific | ||
| Cynoglossus macrolepidotus (Bleeker, 1851) |
Western Pacific | 39.1 | |
| Cynoglossus macrophthalmus Norman, 1926 |
Big-eyed tongue-sole | Indo-West Pacific | 27.7 |
| Cynoglossus macrostomus Norman, 1928 |
Malabar tonguesole | Indian Ocean | 30 |
| Cynoglossus maculipinnis Rendahl, 1921 |
Western Pacific | 15 | |
| Cynoglossus marleyi Regan, 1921 |
Threeline tonguesole | Western Indian Ocean | 35 |
| Cynoglossus melampetalus (Richardson, 1846) |
Northwest Pacific | 26.4 | |
| Cynoglossus microlepis (Bleeker, 1851) |
Smallscale tonguesole | Asia | 32.5 |
| Cynoglossus monodi Chabanaud, 1949 |
Guinean tonguesole | Eastern Central Atlantic | 40 |
| Cynoglossus monopus (Bleeker, 1849) |
Indo-West Pacific | 18.8 | |
| Cynoglossus nanhaiensis Wang, Munroe & Kong, 2016 |
Nanhai tongue sole | Western Pacific | 14.34 |
| Cynoglossus nigropinnatus Ochiai, 1963 |
Northwest Pacific | 20 | |
| Cynoglossus ochiaii Yokogawa, endo & Sakaji, 2008 |
Northwest Pacific | 18 | |
| Cynoglossus ogilbyi Norman, 1926 |
Western Central Pacific | 18.6 | |
| Cynoglossus oligolepis (Bleeker, 1855) |
Western Pacific | 34.2 | |
| Cynoglossus pottii Steindachner, 1902 |
Western Indian Ocean | ||
| Cynoglossus puncticeps (Richardson, 1846) |
Speckled tonguesole | Indo-West Pacific | 35 |
| Cynoglossus purpureomaculatus Regan, 1905 |
Northwest Pacific | 26.87 | |
| Cynoglossus quadriocellatus Fricke, 2020 |
Ocellated tonguesole | Eastern Indian Ocean | 19.07 |
| Cynoglossus robustus Günther, 1873 |
Western Pacific | 40 | |
| Cynoglossus roulei Wu, 1932 |
Northwest Pacific | 42.6 | |
| Cynoglossus abbreviatus (Gray, 1834) |
Three-lined tongue sole | Indo-West Pacific | 37.9 |
| Cynoglossus acaudatus Gilchrist, 1906 |
Natal tongue-fish | Western Indian Ocean | 14 |
| Cynoglossus acutirostris Norman, 1939 |
Sharpnose tonguesole | Western Indian Ocean | 25 |
| Cynoglossus arel (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) |
Largescale tonguesole | Indo-West Pacific | 40 |
| Cynoglossus attenuatus Gilchrist, 1904 |
Fourline tonguesole | Western Indian Ocean | 31 |
| Cynoglossus bilineatus (Lacepède, 1802) |
Fourlined tonguesole | Indo-West Pacific | 44 |
| Cynoglossus broadhursti Waite, 1905 |
Southern tongue sole | Eastern Indian Ocean | 24.5 |
| Cynoglossus sealarki Regan, 1908 |
Western Indian Ocean | 19 | |
| Cynoglossus semifasciatus Day, 1877 |
Bengal tonguesole | Indian Ocean | 15 |
| Cynoglossus semilaevis Günther, 1873 |
Tongue sole | Asia | 61.1 |
| Cynoglossus senegalensis (Kaup, 1858) |
Senegalese tonguesole | Eastern Atlantic | 66.5 |
| Cynoglossus sibogae Weber, 1913 |
Western Pacific | 22 | |
| Cynoglossus sinicus Wu, 1932 |
Asia | 42.3 | |
| Cynoglossus sinusarabici (Chabanaud, 1931) |
Red Sea tonguesole | Western Indian Ocean and Mediterranean Sea | 17.1 |
| Cynoglossus suyeni Fowler, 1934 |
Western Pacific | 27.5 | |
| Cynoglossus trigrammus Günther, 1862 |
Asia | 30.57 | |
| Cynoglossus trulla (Cantor, 1849) |
Macau sole | Western Central Pacific | 45 |
| Cynoglossus waandersii (Bleeker, 1854) |
Asia | 8.3 | |
| Cynoglossus westraliensis Fricke, 2019 |
Western Austalian deep-water tonguesole | Eastern Indian Ocean | 21.08 |
| Cynoglossus yokomaru Naito & Endo, 2019 |
High-forehead genko sole | Western Pacific | 22.58 |
| Cynoglossus zanzibarensis Norman, 1939 |
Zanzibar tonguesole | Western Indian Ocean | 32 |