Scientific Name	Symphurus orientalis   Pronounce			by: Po-Feng Lee
Author	(Bleeker, 1879)	Depth	200 - 400M
Chinese	東方無線鰨	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	舌鰨科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F502　Cynoglossidae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	東方無線鰨
Max Length	10 cmSL	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	牛舌、龍舌、扁魚、皇帝魚、比目魚
Distribution in World	Japan to East China Sea	Distribution in Taiwan	South West、North East、ShaoLiuChew
Habitats	Deep Sea、Benthos、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Tosa Bay, off Kochi, Japan, 300-400 meters
Synonyms	Aphoristia orientalis
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；中國動物誌-鰈形目(李&王, 1995)  Bleeker, P. 1879 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993 李思忠, 王惠民 1995 Lee, M.-Y., T.A. Munroe, etc. 2013
Specimen List	ASIZP0058418. ASIZP0061040. ASIZP0061131. ASIZP0061460. ASIZP0061599. ASIZP0061674. ASIZP0062384. ASIZP0062385. ASIZP0063118. ASIZP0063542. ASIZP0065666. ASIZP0066767. ASIZP0066821. ASIZP0066881. ASIZP0066898. ASIZP0067115. ASIZP0067169. ASIZP0067175. ASIZP0067277. ASIZP0067635. ASIZP0067650. ASIZP0067651. ASIZP0067652. ASIZP0067653. ASIZP0067892. ASIZP0072340. ASIZP0072341. ASIZP0072342. ASIZP0072344. ASIZP0072345. ASIZP0072346. ASIZP0072347. ASIZP0072358. ASIZP0072359. ASIZP0072372. ASIZP0072373. ASIZP0072374. ...List all 96 records...
Barcode	2014-12-17,Mao-Ying Lee,CO1,100% 2014-12-17,Mao-Ying Lee,CO1,100% 2014-12-17,Mao-Ying Lee,CO1,100%
Common Name	Tonguefish
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Dorsal-fin rays 86-100; anal-fin rays 74-86; caudal-fin rays 10-12. No lateral line on eyed side of body; mouth terminal, snout not hooked over mouth. Dorsal and anal fins with many regular and vertical black streaks.
habitats	Found on mud and sand bottoms of the continental shelf to deep waters. Feeds predominantly on bottom-living invertebrates.
Distribution	Northwest Pacific: Suruga Bay, Japan to the Yellow and East China seas. Taiwan: South, North, West.
Utility	Commercial fishery species.