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Glyptocephalus cynoglossus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
order
Pleuronectiformes
family
Pleuronectidae
genus
Glyptocephalus
species
Glyptocephalus cynoglossus

Name

Synonyms
Glyptocephalus acadianus Gill, 1873-74
Platessa elongata Yarrell, 1839
Pleuronectes cynoglossus Linnaeus, 1758
Pleuronectes nigromanus Nilsson, 1829
Pleuronectes saxicola Faber, 1828
Homonyms
Glyptocephalus cynoglossus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Common names
Almindelig skærising in Danish
Cambula cenusie in Romanian
Gallo inglés in Spanish
Hondstong in Dutch
Hundszunge in German
Hundszunge in German
Langlúra in Icelandic
Mareflyndre in Norwegian
Mendo in Spanish
Mendo falsó lenguado in Spanish
Mustaeväkampela in Finnish
Passera lingua di cane in Italian
Plie cynoglosse in French
Plie cynoglosse in French
Rotzunge in German
Rotzunge in German
Rödtunga in Swedish
Skærising in Danish
Skærising in Danish
Smørflyndre in Norwegian
Solhao in Portuguese
Solhão in Portuguese
Szkarlacica in Polish
Whitch in English
Witch in English
Witch Flounder in English
Witch flounder in English
Witje in Dutch
flet in English
gray sole in English
hondstong in Dutch
hondstong in Dutch
langlúra in Icelandic
lleden wrach in Welsh
mareflundra in Swedish
plie cynoglosse in French
plie cynoglosse in French
plie grise in French
plie grise in French
pole dab in English
rödtunga in Swedish
skærising in language.
skærising in English
smørflyndre in Norwegian
smørflyndre in Nynorsk, Norwegian
smørflyndre in Norwegian Bokmål
witch in English
witch in English
witch flounder in English
witch flounder in English

Bibliographic References

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  3. Eschmeyer, William N., ed., 1998: Catalog of Fishes. Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3. 2905.
  4. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024).
  5. Klein-MacPhee, Grace / Collette, Bruce B., and Grace Klein-MacPhee, eds., 2002: Righteye Flounders: Family Pleuronectidae. Bigelow and Schroeder's Fishes of the Gulf of Maine, Third Edition. 560-587.
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  7. Moore, Jon A., Karsten E. Hartel, James E. Craddock, and John K. Galbraith, 2003: An annotated list of deepwater fishes from off the New England region, with new area records. Northeastern Naturalist, vol. 10, no. 2. 159-248.
  8. Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp.
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  10. Nelson, Joseph S., Edwin J. Crossman, H. Espinosa-Pérez, L. T. Findley, C. R. Gilbert, et al., eds., 2004: Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico, Sixth Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 29. ix + 386.
  11. Page, L. M., H. Espinosa-Pérez, L. T. Findley, C. R. Gilbert, R. N. Lea, N. E. Mandrak, et al., eds., 2013: Common and Scientific Names of Fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico, Seventh Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 34. 243.
  12. Robins, Richard C., Reeve M. Bailey, Carl E. Bond, James R. Brooker, Ernest A. Lachner, et al., 1980: A List of Common and Scientific Names of Fishes from the United States and Canada, Fourth Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 12. 174.
  13. Robins, Richard C., Reeve M. Bailey, Carl E. Bond, James R. Brooker, Ernest A. Lachner, et al., 1991: Common and Scientific Names of Fishes from the United States and Canada, Fifth Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 20. 183.
  14. Scott, W.B.; Scott, M.G. (1988). Atlantic fishes of Canada. <em>Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> No. 219. 731 pp.
  15. Wheeler, A. (1992). A list of the common and scientific names of fishes of the British Isles. <i>J. Fish Biol. 41(Suppl. A)</i>: 1-37
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