WoRMS taxon details
Cynoglossus zanzibarensis Norman, 1939
219847 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:219847)
accepted
Species
Cynoglossus zanzibariensis Norman, 1939 · unaccepted (misspelling)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Norman, J. R. (1939). Fishes. The John Murray Expedition 1933-34. <em>Scientific Reports, John Murray Expedition.</em> 7 (1): 1-116. [details]
Description Feeds on small invertebrates (Ref. 5213). One of the best eating `soles' (Ref. 4537).
Description Feeds on small invertebrates (Ref. 5213). One of the best eating `soles' (Ref. 4537). [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Cynoglossus zanzibarensis Norman, 1939. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=219847 on 2025-04-02
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Nomenclature
original description
Norman, J. R. (1939). Fishes. The John Murray Expedition 1933-34. <em>Scientific Reports, John Murray Expedition.</em> 7 (1): 1-116. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Feeds on small invertebrates (Ref. 5213). One of the best eating `soles' (Ref. 4537). [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | Zanzibar tonguesole | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (11 barcodes)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cynoglossus zanzibarensis)
To FishBase (from synonym Cynoglossus zanzibariensis Norman, 1939)
To FishBase
To FishBase images (Cynoglossus zanzibarensis, South Africa, by Le Noury, P.)
To GenBank (54 nucleotides; 38 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NHMUK collection (Cynoglossus zanzibarensis Norman, 1939; HOLOTYPE & PARATYPE(S); NHMUK:ecatalogue:2517922)
To ITIS
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cynoglossus zanzibarensis)
To FishBase (from synonym Cynoglossus zanzibariensis Norman, 1939)
To FishBase
To FishBase images (Cynoglossus zanzibarensis, South Africa, by Le Noury, P.)
To GenBank (54 nucleotides; 38 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NHMUK collection (Cynoglossus zanzibarensis Norman, 1939; HOLOTYPE & PARATYPE(S); NHMUK:ecatalogue:2517922)
To ITIS
