WoRMS taxon details
Cynoglossus macrostomus Norman, 1928
274211 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:274211)
accepted
Species
Cynoglossus luctuosus Chabanaud, 1948 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Norman, J. R. (1928). The flatfishes (Heterosomata) of India, with a list of the specimens in the Indian Museum. Part II. <em>Records of the Indian Museum (Calcutta).</em> 30 (2): 173-215, Pls. 4-7., available online at https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v30/i2/1928/163192 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Cynoglossus macrostomus Norman, 1928. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=274211 on 2026-07-10
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Nomenclature
original description
Norman, J. R. (1928). The flatfishes (Heterosomata) of India, with a list of the specimens in the Indian Museum. Part II. <em>Records of the Indian Museum (Calcutta).</em> 30 (2): 173-215, Pls. 4-7., available online at https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v30/i2/1928/163192 [details]
original description (of Cynoglossus luctuosus Chabanaud, 1948) Chabanaud, P. (1948). Description d'un nouveau Cynoglossus de l'Inde. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 11).</em> v. 14 (no. 119) (art. 74): 813-815. [details]
original description (of Cynoglossus luctuosus Chabanaud, 1948) Chabanaud, P. (1948). Description d'un nouveau Cynoglossus de l'Inde. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 11).</em> v. 14 (no. 119) (art. 74): 813-815. [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
additional source
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (13 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cynoglossus macrostomus)
To FishBase (from synonym Cynoglossus luctuosus Chabanaud, 1948)
To FishBase
To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 9 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Vulnerable)
To NHMUK collection (Cynoglossus macrostomus Norman, 1928; PARATYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:3115203)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Cynoglossus macrostomus FIN028021 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Cynoglossus macrostomus FIN028021B Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cynoglossus macrostomus)
To FishBase (from synonym Cynoglossus luctuosus Chabanaud, 1948)
To FishBase
To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 9 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Vulnerable)
To NHMUK collection (Cynoglossus macrostomus Norman, 1928; PARATYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:3115203)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Cynoglossus macrostomus FIN028021 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Cynoglossus macrostomus FIN028021B Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
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