WoRMS taxon details
Cynoglossus puncticeps (Richardson, 1846)
274220 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:274220)
accepted
Species
Arelia brachyrhynchos (Bleeker, 1851) · unaccepted
Arelia javanica (Bleeker, 1851) · unaccepted
Cynoglossus aurolimbatus (Richardson, 1846) · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Cynoglossus aurolineatus (Richardson, 1846) · unaccepted
Cynoglossus brachyrhynchus (Bleeker, 1851) · unaccepted
Cynoglossus brevis Günther, 1862 · unaccepted
Cynoglossus nigrolabeculatus (Richardson, 1846) · unaccepted
Cynoglossus punticeps (Richardson, 1846) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Plagiusa aurolimbata Richardson, 1846 · unaccepted
Plagiusa nigrolabeculata Richardson, 1846 · unaccepted
Plagusia aurolimbata Richardson, 1846 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Plagusia brachyrhynchos Bleeker, 1851 · unaccepted
Plagusia javanica Bleeker, 1851 · unaccepted
Plagusia nigrolabeculata Richardson, 1846 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Plagusia puncticeps Richardson, 1846 · unaccepted
Plagusia punticeps Richardson, 1846 · unaccepted (misspelling)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Plagusia puncticeps Richardson, 1846) Richardson, J. (1846). Report on the ichthyology of the seas of China and Japan. <em>Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science 15th meeting [1845]:.</em> 187-320. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Cynoglossus puncticeps (Richardson, 1846). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=274220 on 2026-04-24
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Cynoglossus brevis Günther, 1862) Günther, A. (1862). Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Acanthopterygii Pharyngognathi and Anacanthini in the collection of the British Museum. <em>British Museum, London.</em> 4: i-xxi + 1-534., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9419277 [details]
original description (of Plagusia brachyrhynchos Bleeker, 1851) Bleeker, P. (1851). Over eenige nieuwe soorten van Pleuronectoïden van den Indischen Archipel. <em>Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië.</em> v. 1 (no. 4): 401-416. [Also as a separate, pp. 1-16. [details]
original description (of Plagusia javanica Bleeker, 1851) Bleeker, P. (1851). Over eenige nieuwe soorten van Pleuronectoïden van den Indischen Archipel. <em>Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië.</em> v. 1 (no. 4): 401-416. [Also as a separate, pp. 1-16. [details]
original description (of Plagusia puncticeps Richardson, 1846) Richardson, J. (1846). Report on the ichthyology of the seas of China and Japan. <em>Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science 15th meeting [1845]:.</em> 187-320. [details]
original description (of Plagusia brachyrhynchos Bleeker, 1851) Bleeker, P. (1851). Over eenige nieuwe soorten van Pleuronectoïden van den Indischen Archipel. <em>Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië.</em> v. 1 (no. 4): 401-416. [Also as a separate, pp. 1-16. [details]
original description (of Plagusia javanica Bleeker, 1851) Bleeker, P. (1851). Over eenige nieuwe soorten van Pleuronectoïden van den Indischen Archipel. <em>Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië.</em> v. 1 (no. 4): 401-416. [Also as a separate, pp. 1-16. [details]
original description (of Plagusia puncticeps Richardson, 1846) Richardson, J. (1846). Report on the ichthyology of the seas of China and Japan. <em>Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science 15th meeting [1845]:.</em> 187-320. [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 (HKRMS)
Hong Kong marine fish database. <em>AFCD.</em> , available online at https://www.hk-fish.net/en/fish/introduction/ [details]
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]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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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]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (49 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Cynoglossus aurolineatus (Richardson, 1846))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Cynoglossus nigrolabeculatus (Richardson, 1846))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Plagiusa aurolimbata Richardson, 1846)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Plagiusa nigrolabeculata Richardson, 1846)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Plagusia puncticeps Richardson, 1846)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Cynoglossus brachyrhynchus (Bleeker, 1851))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Plagusia javanica Bleeker, 1851)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Plagusia brachyrhynchos Bleeker, 1851)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Arelia brachyrhynchos (Bleeker, 1851))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Arelia javanica (Bleeker, 1851))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Cynoglossus brevis Günther, 1862)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cynoglossus puncticeps)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Cynoglossus aurolineatus (Richardson, 1846))
To FishBase (from synonym Cynoglossus nigrolabeculatus (Richardson, 1846))
To FishBase (from synonym Cynoglossus brevis Günther, 1862)
To FishBase (from synonym Cynoglossus brachyrhynchus (Bleeker, 1851))
To FishBase (from synonym Plagiusa aurolimbata Richardson, 1846)
To FishBase (from synonym Plagiusa nigrolabeculata Richardson, 1846)
To FishBase (from synonym Arelia javanica (Bleeker, 1851))
To FishBase (from synonym Arelia brachyrhynchos (Bleeker, 1851))
To FishBase (from synonym Plagusia javanica Bleeker, 1851)
To FishBase (from synonym Plagusia brachyrhynchos Bleeker, 1851)
To FishBase (from synonym Plagusia puncticeps Richardson, 1846)
To FishBase (from synonym Cynoglossus puncticeps immaculata Pellegrin & Chevey, 1940)
To FishBase (from synonym Plagusia punticeps Richardson, 1846)
To FishBase (from synonym Cynoglossus punticeps (Richardson, 1846))
To FishBase (from synonym Plagusia aurolimbata Richardson, 1846)
To FishBase (from synonym Plagusia nigrolabeculata Richardson, 1846)
To GenBank (52 nucleotides; 80 proteins) (from synonym Plagusia puncticeps Richardson, 1846)
To GenBank (52 nucleotides; 80 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NHMUK collection (Cynoglossus brevis Günther, 1862; HOLOTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:2585612) (from synonym Cynoglossus brevis Günther, 1862)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Cynoglossus puncticeps FIN028022 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Cynoglossus puncticeps USNM 408963 photograph lateral view)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Cynoglossus aurolineatus (Richardson, 1846))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Cynoglossus nigrolabeculatus (Richardson, 1846))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Plagiusa aurolimbata Richardson, 1846)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Plagiusa nigrolabeculata Richardson, 1846)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Plagusia puncticeps Richardson, 1846)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Cynoglossus brachyrhynchus (Bleeker, 1851))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Plagusia javanica Bleeker, 1851)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Plagusia brachyrhynchos Bleeker, 1851)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Arelia brachyrhynchos (Bleeker, 1851))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Arelia javanica (Bleeker, 1851))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Cynoglossus brevis Günther, 1862)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cynoglossus puncticeps)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Cynoglossus aurolineatus (Richardson, 1846))
To FishBase (from synonym Cynoglossus nigrolabeculatus (Richardson, 1846))
To FishBase (from synonym Cynoglossus brevis Günther, 1862)
To FishBase (from synonym Cynoglossus brachyrhynchus (Bleeker, 1851))
To FishBase (from synonym Plagiusa aurolimbata Richardson, 1846)
To FishBase (from synonym Plagiusa nigrolabeculata Richardson, 1846)
To FishBase (from synonym Arelia javanica (Bleeker, 1851))
To FishBase (from synonym Arelia brachyrhynchos (Bleeker, 1851))
To FishBase (from synonym Plagusia javanica Bleeker, 1851)
To FishBase (from synonym Plagusia brachyrhynchos Bleeker, 1851)
To FishBase (from synonym Plagusia puncticeps Richardson, 1846)
To FishBase (from synonym Cynoglossus puncticeps immaculata Pellegrin & Chevey, 1940)
To FishBase (from synonym Plagusia punticeps Richardson, 1846)
To FishBase (from synonym Cynoglossus punticeps (Richardson, 1846))
To FishBase (from synonym Plagusia aurolimbata Richardson, 1846)
To FishBase (from synonym Plagusia nigrolabeculata Richardson, 1846)
To GenBank (52 nucleotides; 80 proteins) (from synonym Plagusia puncticeps Richardson, 1846)
To GenBank (52 nucleotides; 80 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NHMUK collection (Cynoglossus brevis Günther, 1862; HOLOTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:2585612) (from synonym Cynoglossus brevis Günther, 1862)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Cynoglossus puncticeps FIN028022 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Cynoglossus puncticeps USNM 408963 photograph lateral view)
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
Hosted externally, from synonym
Unreviewed
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