Meaning of tonguefish | Babel Free

Definitions

Any of the flatfishes in the taxonomic family Cynoglossidae, distinguished by the presence of a long hook on the snout overhanging the mouth.

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“Members of the family Cynoglossidae, the tonguefishes are for the most part too small to be of much interest⟳ as food fishes.”

“The tonguefishes are flatfishes found in the tropical and subtropical seas of the world, hut some species are found in freshwater hahitats (see⟳ Achiridae for a discussion of flatfishes).”

“But the tonguefish are unaffected by the noxious gases. The ”narked" fish⟳ end⟳ up as chow for the tonguefish.”

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