cynoglossidとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

cynoglossid (複数形 cynoglossids)

1. (zoology) Any species of the tonguefish family Cynoglossidae.
   • 1997, S. J. Blaber, Fish and Fisheries in Tropical Estuaries^[1], page 106:

     Among the flatfish, bothids are mainly found in deeper, less muddy situations while cynoglossids occur in shallower muddy areas.

   • 2006, John D. McEachran, Janice D. Fechhelm, Fishes of the Gulf of Mexico, Volume 2: Scorpaeniformes to Tetraodontiformes, page 872,

     Cynoglossids are elongate and oval in profile, with eyes on left side of head, pectoral fins absent or represented by a membrane, and dorsal and anal fins confluent with caudal fin.

   • 2008, Richard Millner, Stephen J. Walsh, Juan M. Díaz de Astarloa, Chapter 11: Atlantic flatfish fisheries, Robin N. Gibson (editor), Flatfishes: Biology and Exploitation, page 250,

     Only the soleids, bothids and some species of cynoglossids constitute fishery resources of commercial importance in the area.

同意語

• (any species of Cynoglossidae): tonguefish