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Symphurus
Rafinesque, 1810
- tonguefish
(fish)
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Symphurinae (Subfamily) - straightsnout tongue soles
..Symphurus (Genus) - tonguefish
....Symphurus arawak (Species) - Caribbean tonguefish
....Symphurus atramentatus (Species) - inkspot tonguefish
....Symphurus atricaudus (Species) - California tonguefish
....Symphurus australis (Species)
....Symphurus bathyspilus (Species)
....Symphurus billykrietei (Species) - Kriete's tonguefish
....Symphurus callopterus (Species) - chocolate tonguefish
....Symphurus caribbeanus (Species)
....Symphurus chabanaudi (Species) - Chabanaud's tonguefish
....Symphurus civitatium (Species) - offshore tonguefish
....Symphurus diabolicus (Species) - devil's tonguefish
....Symphurus diomedeanus (Species) - spottedfin tonguefish
....Symphurus elongatus (Species) - elongate tonguefish
....Symphurus fasciolaris (Species) - banded tongue-fish
....Symphurus fuscus (Species)
....Symphurus gilesii (Species)
....Symphurus ginsburgi (Species)
....Symphurus gorgonae (Species) - Gorgonian tonguefish
....Symphurus hondoensis (Species)
....Symphurus insularis (Species)
....Symphurus jenynsi (Species)
....Symphurus kyaropterygium (Species)
....Symphurus leei (Species) - Lee's tonguefish
....Symphurus ligulatus (Species) - elongate tonguesole
....Symphurus lubbocki (Species)
....Symphurus luzonensis (Species)
....Symphurus macrophthalmus (Species)
....Symphurus maldivensis (Species)
....Symphurus marginatus (Species)
....Symphurus marmoratus (Species)
....Symphurus melanurus (Species) - drab tonguefish
....Symphurus melasmatotheca (Species) - blackstripe tonguefish
....Symphurus microlepis (Species) - smallfin tonguefish
....Symphurus microrhynchus (Species)
....Symphurus minor (Species) - largescale tonguefish
....Symphurus nebulosus (Species) - freckled tonguefish
....Symphurus nigrescens (Species) - tonguesole
....Symphurus normani (Species) - Norman's tonguesole
....Symphurus novemfasciatus (Species)
....Symphurus ocellatus (Species) - double-spot tonguesole
....Symphurus oculellus (Species)
....Symphurus oligomerus (Species) - spotfin tonguefish
....Symphurus ommaspilus (Species) - ocellated tonguefish
....Symphurus orientalis (Species)
....Symphurus parvus (Species) - pygmy tonguefish
....Symphurus pelicanus (Species) - longtail tonguefish
....Symphurus piger (Species) - deepwater tonguefish
....Symphurus plagiusa (Species) - blackcheek tonguefish
....Symphurus plagusia (Species) - duskycheek tonguefish
....Symphurus prolatinaris (Species) - halfstriped tonguefish
....Symphurus pusillus (Species) - northern tonguefish
....Symphurus regani (Species)
....Symphurus reticulatus (Species)
....Symphurus rhytisma (Species) - patchtail tonguefish
....Symphurus schultzi (Species)
....Symphurus septemstriatus (Species) - sevenband tonguesole
....Symphurus stigmosus (Species) - blotchfin tonguefish
....Symphurus strictus (Species) - blackbelly tonguesole
....Symphurus tessellatus (Species)
....Symphurus trewavasae (Species)
....Symphurus trifasciatus (Species) - threeband tonguesole
....Symphurus undatus (Species)
....Symphurus undecimplerus (Species) - dark cheek tongue
....Symphurus urospilus (Species) - spottail tonguefish
....Symphurus vanmelleae (Species)
....Symphurus variegatus (Species)
....Symphurus varius (Species) - mottled tonguefish
....Symphurus williamsi (Species) - William's tonguefish
....Symphurus woodmasoni (Species)
Authorship
SN2000 author citation
:
C.S. Rafinesque Schmaltz, 1810
Original name
:
Rafinesque Schmaltz, C.S. 1810b.
Indice Ittiol. Sicil.
: 13, 52; 1815, Analyse: 83.
Original rank
:
op. cit.: 52.
Original spelling
:
loc. cit.
Types
Type of
:
Symphurinae
(Subfamily)
Ochiai, 1963
Ref:
J.S. Nelson, 2006
: 451.
[implicit]
Vernacular Names (English)
Full name
:
tonguefish
Ref:
T.I. Storer et al., 1979
: 687.
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