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Teleostei (teleosts) > Pleuronectiformes (Flatfishes) > Cynoglossidae (Tonguefishes) > Symphurinae
Etymology: Symphurus: Greek, syn, symphysis = grown together + Greek, oura = tail (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Ginsburg.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; demersal; depth range 1 - 73 m (Ref. 10879), usually 11 - 45 m (Ref. 10879). Subtropical; 37°N - 15°N, 99°W - 66°W (Ref. 26268)

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Northwestern Atlantic: North Carolina (Cape Hatteras) to the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 17.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 7251)

Inhabits bays and shallow coastal waters.

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Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Munroe, T.A., 1991. Western Atlantic tonguefishes of the Symphurus plagusia complex (Cynoglossidae: Pleuronectiformes), with descriptions of two new species. Fish. Bull. 89(2):247-287. (Ref. 10879)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 20 August 2012

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

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Symphurus civitatum Ginsburg, 1951