Paraplagusia

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Paraplagusia is a genus of tonguefish, a group of bottom-dwelling flatfishes found in marine and sometimes brackish waters.

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Label Occurrences
Paraplagusia canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf genus ⓘ
taxon ⓘ
belongsToGroup flatfishes ⓘ
ray-finned fishes ⓘ
bodyForm flatfish ⓘ
class Actinopterygii ⓘ
commonName tonguefish ⓘ
describedAs genus of tonguefish ⓘ
distribution Indo-Pacific region ⓘ
ecologicalNiche bottom-dwelling ⓘ
eyePlacement both eyes on one side of head ⓘ
family Cynoglossidae ⓘ
feedingHabitat demersal zone ⓘ
feedingType carnivorous ⓘ
finType ray-finned ⓘ
foundInEnvironment subtropical marine waters ⓘ
tropical marine waters ⓘ
habitat brackish waters ⓘ
marine waters ⓘ
hasGillType bony fish gills ⓘ
hasLifeStage benthic juvenile stage ⓘ
larval planktonic stage ⓘ
hasMorphology elongated tongue-shaped body ⓘ
hasSpecies Paraplagusia bilineata ⓘ
Paraplagusia blochii ⓘ
Paraplagusia dollfusi ⓘ
Paraplagusia guttata ⓘ
Paraplagusia japonica ⓘ
Paraplagusia longirostris ⓘ
Paraplagusia sinerama ⓘ
Paraplagusia unicolor ⓘ
Paraplagusia zebra ⓘ
kingdom Animalia ⓘ
lifestyle benthic ⓘ
livesIn continental shelf areas ⓘ
sea floor ⓘ
locomotion swimming ⓘ
order Pleuronectiformes ⓘ
parentTaxon Cynoglossidae ⓘ
phylum Chordata ⓘ
reproduction oviparous ⓘ
respiration aquatic respiration ⓘ
skeletonType bony ⓘ
subphylum Vertebrata ⓘ
symmetry asymmetrical body plan ⓘ
taxonRank genus ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cynoglossidae → notableGenus → Paraplagusia ⓘ