Cynoglossus sinusarabici

Cynoglossus sinusarabici, the Red Sea tonguesole, is a species of tonguefish which occurs in the Red Sea and which has invaded the Mediterranean Sea through the Suez Canal as a Lessepsian migrant.[1] It has an elongated body with a rounded snout which has a rostral hook large, narrowly separated eyes. It has 99-101 dorsal fin rays, 78-79 rays in its anal fin and 8 rays in the caudal fin. The lateral line has 54-60 scales with 11 scales between the lateral line and the base of the dorsal fin. The lateral line is only present on the eyed side. It is uniform brown on the eyed side and whitish on the blind side. It grows to about 15 cm standard length.[2] It was first recorded in the Mediterranean off Israel in 1953 and is now established in the coastal waters of the Levantine Sea.[3]

Cynoglossus sinusarabici
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Pleuronectiformes
Family: Cynoglossidae
Genus: Cynoglossus
Species:
C. sinusarabici
Binomial name
Cynoglossus sinusarabici
(Chabanaud, 1931)
Synonyms

Dollfusichthys sinusarabici Chabanaud, 1931

References
  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). "Cynoglossus sinusarabici" in FishBase. February 2018 version.
  2. J.C. Hureau (ed.). "Fishes of the NE Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea". Marine Species Identification Portal. ETI Bioinformatics. p. Red sea tonguesole (Cynoglossus sinusarabici). Retrieved 28 March 2018.
  3. "Cynoglossus sinusarabici ((Chabanaud, 1931))". Marine Mediterranean Invasive Alien Species Database. MAMIAS. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
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