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. (2026). FishBase. Cynoglossus zanzibarensis Norman, 1939. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=219847 on 2026-07-10
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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). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., 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 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 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
From editor or global species database
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