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Cynoglossus glotta Fricke, Golani & Appelbaum-Golani, 2023 Glotta tonguesole |
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photo by
Fricke, R. et al., 2023 |
| Family: | Cynoglossidae (Tonguefishes), subfamily: Cynoglossinae | |||
| Max. size: | 10.01 cm SL (male/unsexed) | |||
| Environment: | demersal; marine; depth range 0 - 1 m | |||
| Distribution: | Western Indian Ocean: Eritrea. | |||
| Diagnosis: | This species is distinguished from its congeners by the following set of characters: snout relatively short, rounded; head length 21-22% of SL, snout length 6.7-7.4% of SL; ocular side with two nostrils; opercle slightly bilobed; eyes close together but not contiguous; corner of mouth distinctly nearer to tip of snout than to posterior edge of opercle; ocular side with 2 lateral lines, lateral-line scales 105-106, scale rows between midlateral and dorsolateral lines 16-18, blind side with one lateral line; ctenoid scales on both ocular and blind sides; dorsal-fin-rays 109; anal-fin rays 75-78; caudal-fin rays 10; vertebrae 9 + 49; and gill chamber and peritoneum pale (Ref. 138752). | |||
| Biology: | ||||
| IUCN Red List Status: | Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. (130435) | |||
| Threat to humans: | harmless | |||