Paraplagusia Explained

Paraplagusia is a genus of tonguefish. It is indigenous to the Indo-Pacific region, where commonly found in shallow waters on a muddy or sandy bottom. The largest species reaches 35cm (14inches) in length.

Species

The currently recognized species in this genus are:

• Paraplagusia bilineata (Bloch, 1787) (doublelined tongue sole)
• Paraplagusia bleekeri Kottelat, 2013 (Bloch's tongue sole)^[1]

• Paraplagusia guttata (W. J. Macleay, 1878)
• Paraplagusia japonica (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846) (black cow-tongue)
• Paraplagusia longirostris Chapleau, Renaud & Kailola, 1991 (long-snouted tongue sole)
• Paraplagusia sinerama Chapleau & Renaud, 1993 (dusky tongue sole)

Notes and References

1. Kottelat, M. (2013): Nomenclature and identity of the tongue soles Paraplagusia bilineata, “Cynoglossus bilineatus” and Paraplagusia blochii (Teleostei: Pleuronectiformes). The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 61 (2): 763–766.