Cynoglossus arel
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| Cynoglossus arel Marcus Elieser Bloch
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Cynoglossus arel, commonly known as the Large scale tonguesole is a species of tonguefish. It is commonly found in muddy and sandy bottoms of the Indo-West Pacific and Indian Ocean, from the Persian Gulf tp Sri Lanka and Indonesia and as far north as the south coast of Japan, down to depths of 125 metres. It was first described by Marcus Elieser Bloch and Johann Gottlob Schneider in 1801.
The eyed side of the fish is uniform brown, with a dark patch on gill cover, and its blind side is white.
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