Cynoglossus microphthalmus

Munroe, T A and Weerts, S P and Nair, Rekha J (2020) Cynoglossus microphthalmus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020.

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Abstract

There has been confusion regarding the validity of this nominal species. Menon (1977) considered it to be a junior subjective synonym of Cynoglossus capensis, though he noted several characters to distinguish the nominal species. Barnard (1925) also noted differences in characters of specimens that he identified as Trulla microphthalmus compared to those of C. capensis, however, he did not consider these differences to be significant enough to recognize two species. Further study based on additional material is needed to resolve this taxonomic question (T. Munroe unpublished data). Munroe (unpublished data) considers the morphological differences sufficient to recognize both as valid species.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources; IUCN; The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species; Cynoglossus microphthalmus
Subjects:	Marine Fisheries > Conservation Demersal Fishes Demersal Fishes > Flat fishes
Divisions:	CMFRI-Kochi > Marine Capture > Demersal Fisheries Division Subject Area > CMFRI > CMFRI-Kochi > Marine Capture > Demersal Fisheries Division CMFRI-Kochi > Marine Capture > Demersal Fisheries Division Subject Area > CMFRI-Kochi > Marine Capture > Demersal Fisheries Division
Depositing User:	Arun Surendran
Date Deposited:	04 May 2020 06:52
Last Modified:	04 May 2020 07:35
URI:	http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/id/eprint/14188

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