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Animal
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Fishes
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Animal
Name
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Cynoglossus macrolepidotus (Bleeker)
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Classification
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Kingdom
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Animalia
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Phylum
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Chordata
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Class
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Osteichthyes
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Order
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Pleuronectiformes
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Family
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Cynoglossidae
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Characteristic Features |
-Body elongate, tongue-shaped and compressed -Eyes usually on left side -Width of interorbital equal to 1/3 of eye diameter -Two nostrils on left side -Lateral line 1-3 on ocular side, 0-2 on blind side -No lateral line on right body side -Ctenoid scales on left side of body, cycloid on right side -Size: attain 315 mm | |
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Ecology
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Habitat
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Distribution
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South China Sea, Taiwan, India, southern Indonesia and
Philippines |
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