gracilis, Cynoglossus Günther [A.] 1873:244 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 4) v. 12 (no. 69) (art. 31); ref. 2004] Shanghai, China. Syntypes: BMNH 1873.7.30.57-58 (3). •Questionably valid as Cynoglossus gracilis Günther 1873 -- (Munroe 2001:3894 [ref. 26314]). •Valid as Cynoglossus gracilis Günther 1873 -- (Menon 1977:95 [ref. 7071] with a holotype, Ochiai in Masuda et al. 1984:356 [ref. 6441], Lindberg & Fedorov 1993:213 [ref. 21500], Kim & Choi 1994:809 [ref. 22283], Li & Wang 1995:369 [ref. 16193], Zhu 1995:190 [ref. 25213], Cheng & Zhou 1997:466 [ref. 26385], Uyeda & Sasaki 2000:404 [ref. 25120], Munroe in Randall & Lim 2000:646 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1390 [ref. 25182], Wang et al. 2001:324 [ref. 26566], Nakabo 2002:1390 [ref. 26193], Choi et al. 2003:441, 688 [ref. 26218], Wang et al. 2016:138 [ref. 34517], Fricke et al. 2017:84 [ref. 35160], Endruweit 2024:104 [ref. 41040]). Current status: Valid as Cynoglossus gracilis Günther 1873. Cynoglossidae: Cynoglossinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: East and South China Sea. Habitat: marine.