Cynoglossus lingua, Long tongue sole : fisheries

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Cynoglossus lingua Hamilton, 1822

Long tongue sole
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Pleuronectiformes (Flatfishes) > Cynoglossidae (Tonguefishes) > Cynoglossinae
Etymology: Cynoglossus: Greek, kyon = dog + Greek, odous = teeth + Greek, glossa = tongue (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Hamilton.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; freshwater; brackish; demersal; amphidromous (Ref. 51243); depth range 10 - 961 m (Ref. 9494). Tropical; 25°N - 10°S, 32°E - 127°E

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Indo-West Pacific: Malay Archipelago including Thailand, Viet Nam, the Philippines and Indonesia westward to seas and estuaries of India and Pakistan to the Red Sea (Ref. 9895).

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm 10.8, range 9 - 12.2 cm
Max length : 45.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 11298); common length : 25.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 9895)

Short description Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 126-138; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 97 - 114; Vertebrae: 57 - 66.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Adults live mainly in shallow muddy and sandy bottoms of the continental shelf, sometimes entering estuaries and tidal rivers (Ref. 1479, 48637). Usually deeply buried in the substrate during the day, but out and hunting at night (Ref. 48637). They feed mainly on benthic invertebrates. Marketed mostly fresh and frozen; also dried-salted (Ref. 9895).

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Menon, A.G.K., 1977. A systematic monograph of the tongue soles of the genus Cynoglossus Hamilton-Buchanan (Pisces: Cynoglossidae). Smithson. Contrib. Zool. (238):1-129. (Ref. 5297)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 12 August 2019

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





Human uses

Fisheries: commercial
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 8.8 - 18.2, mean 12.3 °C (based on 243 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01514 (0.00592 - 0.03870), b=3.00 (2.77 - 3.23), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  3.5   ±0.37 se; based on food items.
Resilience (Ref. 120179):  Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Fec = 360-35,926).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low to moderate vulnerability (35 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Very high.
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 115 [50, 215] mg/100g; Iron = 0.899 [0.453, 1.673] mg/100g; Protein = 18.2 [15.8, 20.4] %; Omega3 = 0.176 [0.088, 0.368] g/100g; Selenium = 99 [44, 213] μg/100g; VitaminA = 11 [3, 40] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.977 [0.649, 1.475] mg/100g (wet weight);