Paraplagusia is a genus of tonguefish. It is indigenous to the Indo-Pacific region, where commonly found in shallow waters on a muddy or sandy bottom. The largest species reaches 35 cm (14 in) in length.[1]
Species
The currently recognized species in this genus are:[1][2]
- Paraplagusia bilineata (Bloch, 1787) (doublelined tongue sole)
- Paraplagusia bleekeri Kottelat, 2013 (Bloch's tongue sole)[2]
- Paraplagusia guttata (W. J. Macleay, 1878)
- Paraplagusia japonica (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846) (black cow-tongue)
- Paraplagusia longirostris Chapleau, Renaud & Kailola, 1991 (long-snouted tongue sole)
- Paraplagusia sinerama Chapleau & Renaud, 1993 (dusky tongue sole)
References
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Paraplagusia". FishBase. October 2012 version.
- ^ a b Kottelat, M. (2013): Nomenclature and identity of the tongue soles Paraplagusia bilineata, “Cynoglossus bilineatus” and Paraplagusia blochii (Teleostei: Pleuronectiformes). Archived 2013-09-28 at the Wayback Machine The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 61 (2): 763–766.
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