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Sand tonguefish (Cynoglossus capensis)
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Ecological Illustration of Sand tonguefish (Cynoglossus capensis)
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Cynoglossidae

Sand tonguefish

Cynoglossus capensis

Cynoglossid Fish from African Waters

  • Tropical
  • Regional distribution
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Africa
  • Deep-bodied
  • Medium
  • Tropical fish

Sand tonguefish is known from Southeast Atlantic as a fish. Records give a maximum length of 31 cm.

Class
Teleosts
Order
Flatfishes
Family
Cynoglossidae
Genus
Cynoglossus
Body shape
deep_bodied
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