Tongue sole family?Cynoglossidae Tongue sole genus?Cynoglossus fish

The picture below shows the wide-bodied tongue sole, also known as the thick-bodied tongue sole Cynoglossus robustus, commonly known as the dragon's tongue, flatfish, emperor fish, flounder, cow tongue fish, dog tongue or sole

Body extremely lateral flat, like a tongue-shaped, small mouth, the same in both eyes on the left side. The body is brown or dark brown, scales are small and easy to fall off; no pectoral fins, dorsal and anal fins are connected to the caudal fin, the caudal fin is pointed, the length of the body can be up to 40 centimeters.

The fish belongs to the western Pacific warm temperate shallow sea mud area bottom fish, mainly inhabits the temperate shallow sea, usually most of the seabed, and will be buried in the sand and mud, only exposed two eyes to observe the surrounding, can slightly change the body color with the environment, the ability to swim is not good, to wave-like way up and down to swing the fish body to swim, is a carnivorous, with small invertebrates to feed on.

The fish is an economical food fish, suitable for various cooking methods. (Mostly dry-fried or braised)