Species that contain: Cynoglossus and puncticeps [ 8 ] records

aurolimbata, Plagiusa Richardson [J.] 1846:280 [Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science 15th meeting [1845]; ref. 3742] Canton; coasts of China. No types known. Originally as auro-limbata. Based solely on illustration by Reeves (see Whitehead 1970:218, Pl. 28b [ref. 11606]). •Synonym of Cynoglossus puncticeps (Richardson 1846) -- (Menon 1977:75 [ref. 7071], Kottelat 2013:467 [ref. 32989], Munroe 2022:377 [ref. 40234]). Current status: Synonym of Cynoglossus puncticeps (Richardson 1846). Cynoglossidae: Cynoglossinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

brachyrhynchos, Plagusia Bleeker [P.] 1851:414 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 1 (no. 4); ref. 6831] Jakarta, Java, Indonesia. Lectotype: RMNH 6796. Paralectotypes: (1) RMNH 26207 [ex RMNH 6796] (up to 1 of 9). Non-type Bleeker material: BMNH 1862.6.3.15 (1). Lectotype selected in Menon 1977:78 [ref. 7071]. •Mention in synonymy of Plagusia puncticeps Richardson 1846 -- (Dor 1984:273 [ref. 29757]). •Synonym of Cynoglossus puncticeps (Richardson 1846) -- (Menon 1977:75 [ref. 7071], Kottelat 2013:467 [ref. 32989], Munroe 2022:377 [ref. 40234]). Current status: Synonym of Cynoglossus puncticeps (Richardson 1846). Cynoglossidae: Cynoglossinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

brevis, Cynoglossus Günther [A.] 1862:500 [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 4; ref. 1969] Ganges River. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1855.12.26.602 [ex Zool. Soc.]. •Synonym of Cynoglossus puncticeps (Richardson 1846) -- (Menon 1977:75 [ref. 7071], Talwar & Jhingran 1991:1043 [ref. 20764], Kottelat 2013:467 [ref. 32989], Fricke et al. 2017:85 [ref. 35160], Munroe 2022:378 [ref. 40234]). Current status: Synonym of Cynoglossus puncticeps (Richardson 1846). Cynoglossidae: Cynoglossinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

immaculata, Cynoglossus puncticeps var. Pellegrin [J.] & Chevey [P.] 1941:154 [Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France v. 65 (no. 3) [for 1940]; ref. 13132] Bac Lieu, Vietnam. Holotype (unique): MNHN 1940-0039. Type catalog: Desoutter et al. 2001:331 [ref. 25922]. •Synonym of Cynoglossus puncticeps (Richardson 1846) -- (Menon 1977:76 [ref. 7071], Desoutter et al. 2001:330 [ref. 25922], Kottelat 2013:467 [ref. 32989], Voronina et al. 2016:404 [ref. 35064], Munroe 2022:378 [ref. 40234]). Current status: Synonym of Cynoglossus puncticeps (Richardson 1846). Cynoglossidae: Cynoglossinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

javanica, Plagusia Bleeker [P.] (ex Kuhl & van Hasselt) 1851:414 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 1 (no. 4); ref. 6831] Jakarta, Java, Indonesia. Lectotype: RMNH 6797. Paralectotypes: RMNH 26206 [ex RMNH 6797] (some of 16). Lectotype selected in Menon 1977:77 [ref. 7071]. •Synonym of Cynoglossus puncticeps (Richardson 1846) -- (Menon 1977:75 [ref. 7071], Li & Wang 1995:351 [ref. 16193], Kottelat 2013:467 [ref. 32989], Munroe 2022:377 [ref. 40234]). Current status: Synonym of Cynoglossus puncticeps (Richardson 1846). Cynoglossidae: Cynoglossinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

nigrolabeculata, Plagusia Richardson [J.] 1846:280 [Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science 15th meeting [1845]; ref. 3742] Canton, China; coasts of China. No types known. Originally as nigro-labeculata. Based solely on illustration by Reeves (see Whitehead 1970:218, Pl. 29b [ref. 11606]). •Synonym of Cynoglossus puncticeps (Richardson 1846) -- (Menon 1977:75 [ref. 7071], Kottelat 2013:467 [ref. 32989], Munroe 2022:377 [ref. 40234]). Current status: Synonym of Cynoglossus puncticeps (Richardson 1846). Cynoglossidae: Cynoglossinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

punctatus, Cynoglossus Shen [S.-C.] 1969:21, Figs. 9-12 [Report of the Institute of Fishery Biology of Ministry of Economic Affairs and National Taiwan Unversity, Taipei v. 2 (no. 3); ref. 7845] Tolo Harbor, Hong Kong. Syntypes: (7). •Synonym of Cynoglossus itinus (Snyder 1909) -- (Menon 1977:48 [ref. 7071], Li & Wang 1995:378 [ref. 16193] as puncticeps). Current status: Synonym of Cynoglossus itinus (Snyder 1909). Cynoglossidae: Cynoglossinae. Habitat: marine.

puncticeps, Plagusia Richardson [J.] 1846:280 [Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science 15th meeting [1845]; ref. 3742] China, South China Sea. No types known. Original genus is spelled Plagiusa. Based solely on illustration by Reeves (see Whitehead 1970:218, Pl. 29c [ref. 11606]). •Mention -- (Dor 1984:273 [ref. 29757]). •Valid as Plagusia puncticeps Richardson 1846 -- (Goren & Dor 1994:72 [ref. 25356] as Plagusia). •Valid as Cynoglossus puncticeps (Richardson 1846) -- (Menon 1977:75 [ref. 7071], Desoutter 1986:432 [ref. 6212], Lu & Wu in Kuang et al. 1986:336 [ref. 26639], Talwar & Jhingran 1991:1043 [ref. 20764], Kottelat et al. 1993:169 [ref. 23448], Poll & Gosse 1995:79 [ref. 24781], Li & Wang 1995:351 [ref. 16193], Randall 1995:364 [ref. 22896], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:601 [ref. 27969], Rainboth 1996:224 [ref. 22772] as punticeps, Larson & Williams 1997:374 [ref. 23967], Carpenter et al. 1997:233 [ref. 23922], Evseenko 1998:61 [ref. 23643], Munroe in Randall & Lim 2000:646 [ref. 25122], Bijukumar & Sushama 2000:188 [ref. 25703], Munroe 2001:3900 [ref. 26314], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S123 [ref. 27377], Khan 2003:11 [ref. 27710], Mishra & Krishnan 2003:47 [ref. 27712] as punticeps, Hoese & Bray 2006:1856 [ref. 29000], Allen & Erdmann 2012:1058 [ref. 31980], Larson et al. 2013:229 [ref. 32988], Kottelat 2013:467 [ref. 32989], Yoshida et al. 2013:223 [ref. 34464], Fricke et al. 2014:191 [ref. 33932], Imamura in Kimura et al. 2015:97 [ref. 34319], Psomadakis et al. 2015:330 [ref. 34104], Voronina et al. 2016:404 [ref. 35064], Fricke et al. 2017:85 [ref. 35160], Eagderi et al. 2019:122 [ref. 37020], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 12 [ref. 38321], Psomadakis et al. 2020:600 [ref. 37272], Taki et al. 2021:494 [ref. 39830], Munroe 2022:377 [ref. 40234], Hasan et al. 2023:2209 [ref. 40412], Jamandre 2023:174 [ref. 40455]). Current status: Valid as Cynoglossus puncticeps (Richardson 1846). Cynoglossidae: Cynoglossinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: East Africa (Mozambique), Gulf of Aden and Persian Gulf east to Philippines and New Guinea, north to South China Sea, south to northwestern Australia. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.