WoRMS taxon details
Cynoglossus acaudatus Gilchrist, 1906
219852 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:219852)
accepted
Species
Areliscus ecaudatus (Gilchrist, 1906) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Areliscus natalensis von Bonde, 1922 · unaccepted
Cynoglossoides ecaudatus (Gilchrist, 1906) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Cynoglossus ecaudatus Gilchrist, 1906 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Cynoglossus hunteri von Bonde, 1925 · unaccepted
Cynoglossus kopsi diagramata Chabanaud, 1951 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Cynoglossus kopsi digramma Chabanaud, 1951 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Gilchrist, J. D. F. (1906). Descriptions of fifteen new South African fishes, with notes on other species. <em>Marine Investigations in South Africa.</em> v. 4: 143-171, Pls. 37-51. [details]
Description Feeds on benthic invertebrates (Ref. 5213).
Description Feeds on benthic invertebrates (Ref. 5213). [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Cynoglossus acaudatus Gilchrist, 1906. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=219852 on 2025-04-01
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Nomenclature
original description
Gilchrist, J. D. F. (1906). Descriptions of fifteen new South African fishes, with notes on other species. <em>Marine Investigations in South Africa.</em> v. 4: 143-171, Pls. 37-51. [details]
original description (of Areliscus natalensis von Bonde, 1922) von Bonde, C. (1922). The Heterosomata (flat fishes) collected by the S. S. "Pickle.". <em>Report Fisheries and Marine Biological Survey, Union of South Africa.</em> Rep. 2 (art. 1): 1-29, Pls. 1-6. [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]
original description (of Areliscus natalensis von Bonde, 1922) von Bonde, C. (1922). The Heterosomata (flat fishes) collected by the S. S. "Pickle.". <em>Report Fisheries and Marine Biological Survey, Union of South Africa.</em> Rep. 2 (art. 1): 1-29, Pls. 1-6. [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] 
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Feeds on benthic invertebrates (Ref. 5213). [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | Natal tongue-fish | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (3 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Cynoglossoides ecaudatus (Gilchrist, 1906))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Cynoglossus ecaudatus Gilchrist, 1906)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Areliscus ecaudatus (Gilchrist, 1906))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Cynoglossus hunteri von Bonde, 1925)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cynoglossus acaudatus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Cynoglossus kopsi diagramata Chabanaud, 1951)
To FishBase (from synonym Cynoglossus hunteri von Bonde, 1925)
To FishBase (from synonym Areliscus ecaudatus (Gilchrist, 1906))
To FishBase (from synonym Areliscus natalensis von Bonde, 1922)
To FishBase (from synonym Cynoglossus kopsi digramma Chabanaud, 1951)
To FishBase (from synonym Cynoglossus ecaudatus Gilchrist, 1906)
To FishBase (from synonym Cynoglossoides ecaudatus (Gilchrist, 1906))
To FishBase images (Cynoglossus acaudatus, by FAO)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Cynoglossoides ecaudatus (Gilchrist, 1906))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Cynoglossus ecaudatus Gilchrist, 1906)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Areliscus ecaudatus (Gilchrist, 1906))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Cynoglossus hunteri von Bonde, 1925)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cynoglossus acaudatus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Cynoglossus kopsi diagramata Chabanaud, 1951)
To FishBase (from synonym Cynoglossus hunteri von Bonde, 1925)
To FishBase (from synonym Areliscus ecaudatus (Gilchrist, 1906))
To FishBase (from synonym Areliscus natalensis von Bonde, 1922)
To FishBase (from synonym Cynoglossus kopsi digramma Chabanaud, 1951)
To FishBase (from synonym Cynoglossus ecaudatus Gilchrist, 1906)
To FishBase (from synonym Cynoglossoides ecaudatus (Gilchrist, 1906))
To FishBase images (Cynoglossus acaudatus, by FAO)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient)
To ITIS
