Cynoglossus dollfusi (Chabanaud 1931)

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Cynoglossus dollfusi (Chabanaud)

Paraplagusia dollfusi Chabanaud, 1931:303 [type-locality: Suez Canal].

Cynoglossus dollfusi.—Gruvel and Chabanaud, 1937:8 [Suez Canal].

Trulla dollfusi.—Fowler, 1956:183.

Cynoglossus lingua [not Hamilton-Buchanan].—Gruvel and Chabanaud, 1937:10 [Suez Canal].

Cynoglossus cleopatrides Chabanaud, 1949e:146 [type-locality: Suez Canal].

DESCRIPTION.—Based on the holotype of C. cleopatrides Chabanaud, 129.0 mm SL.

Depth of body 18.99, length of head 18.60 percent of standard length. Diameter of eye 16.67, interorbital space 8.33 percent of length of head. Two nostrils on ocular side, anterior nostril in front of lower eye, posterior nostril in the anterior half of the interorbital space. Snout rounded, 27.08 percent of length of head, rostral hook rather short, ending in front of the perpendicular of the anterior border of fixed eye. Maxillary extending to below posterior half of fixed eye; angle of mouth extending to below vertical from middle of fixed eye, nearer to tip of snout than to branchial opening, tip of snout to angle of mouth 45.83, angle of mouth to branchial opening 52.08 percent of length of head.

Scales: Moderate size, ctenoid on ocular side, including those on lateral lines, weakly ctenoid on blind side.

Lateral-Line System: Two lateral lines on ocular side, midlateral line with 70 scales, 11 scales between middle and upper lateral lines. No lateral line on blind side.

Fins: Dorsal with 115 rays, anal with 85 rays, caudal 8 (radiograph).

Vertebrae: 53, comprising 9 abdominal and 44 caudal elements (radiograph).

Coloration: Upper side brownish, lower whitish or yellowish in preserved specimens.

Size: The only specimen examined is the holotype of C. cleopatrides.

DISTRIBUTION.—Suez Canal.

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