Speckled Tongue Sole
Cynoglossus itinus
- Usual depth15–100 m
- Water temperature19–29 °C
- Best monthsMarch, April, and July
- How commonRare
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 0 records
- February: 0 records
- March: 1 records
- April: 1 records
- May: 0 records
- June: 0 records
- July: 1 records
- August: 1 records
- September: 0 records
- October: 0 records
- November: 0 records
- December: 0 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 15–100 m · Deepest record: 100 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 19–29 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Speckled Tongue Sole
Names in 2 more languages
- Japanese
- Minami-aka-shita-birame, Minamiakashitabirame, ミナミアカシタビラメ
- Simplified Chinese
- 單孔舌鰨, 扁魚, 比目魚, 牛舌, 皇帝魚, 龍舌
Other scientific names: Cynoglossus punctatus, Trulla itina
Similar species
- Zanzibar tonguesole
Cynoglossus zanzibarensis
- Spotfin Tongue Sole
Cynoglossus maculipinnis
Broadhurst's Tongue-soleCynoglossus broadhursti
McCulloch's Tongue-soleCynoglossus maccullochi
Malabar SoleCynoglossus macrostomus
Speckled TonguesoleCynoglossus puncticeps
Sources and credits
Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).
- Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 61 open-data records from 1906 to 2002.
- Species data updated November 2, 2026.
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