tonguefish
English
a tonguefish (Cynoglossus capensis)
Etymology
tongue + fish
Noun
tonguefish (plural tonguefishes or tonguefish)
- Any of the flatfishes in the taxonomic family Cynoglossidae, distinguished by the presence of a long hook on the snout overhanging the mouth.
- 1988, Gar Goodson, Fishes of the Pacific Coast, page 163:
- Members of the family Cynoglossidae, the tonguefishes are for the most part too small to be of much interest as food fishes.
- 1997, David W. Greenfield, Jamie E. Thomerson, Fishes of the Continental Waters of Belize, page 252,
- The tonguefishes are flatfishes found in the tropical and subtropical seas of the world, hut some species are found in freshwater hahitats (see Achiridae for a discussion of flatfishes).
- 2010, Pat Senson, Nasty, Brutish, and Short: The Quirks and Quarks Guide to Animal Sex and Other Weird Behaviour, page 249:
- But the tonguefish are unaffected by the noxious gases.
- The ”narked" fish end up as chow for the tonguefish.
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Synonyms
- (fish of family Cynoglossidae): cynoglossid
Translations
Cynoglossidae
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