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Paraplagusia

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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 in length.

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Within Vinony's link graph, Paraplagusia is referenced by 7 other articles, and connects out to Pleuronectiformes, Animalia and Chordata.

It sits within the topics Cynoglossidae, Marine fish genera and Taxa named by Pieter Bleeker.

Its subject is documented across 9 Wikipedia language editions.

Species

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GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassTeleostei
  4. OrderPleuronectiformes
  5. FamilyCynoglossidae
Habitatmarine, brackish
Observations42

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Specimen records
72
With media
15
Family
Cynoglossidae
Collections
USNM, NHMUK, CAS, LSUMZ, TU, AM
Recorded in
Indonesia, United Kingdom, China, Taiwan, Australia, Philippines, Thailand, India

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taxon
Parent taxon
Cynoglossinae
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taxon name
Paraplagusia
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genus
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Category:Paraplagusia
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Paraplagusia
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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 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) 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)

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