Cynoglossus puncticeps

Cynoglossus puncticeps
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Pleuronectiformes
Family: Cynoglossidae
Genus: Cynoglossus
Species: C. puncticeps
Binomial name
Cynoglossus puncticeps
(J. Richardson, 1846)

Cynoglossus puncticeps, commonly known as the Speckled tonguesole is a species of tonguefish. It is indigenous to the Indo-West Pacific region, commonly found in shallow muddy or sandy waters along the coast of the Philippines, Thailand and the Malay peninsula, Burma, the Bay of Bengal and off Papua New Guinea and northern Australia.

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