Species details : Symphurus melanurus Clark, 1936

Accepted scientific name:
Symphurus melanurus Clark, 1936 (accepted name) 1 literature reference for Symphurus melanurus  Clark, 1936
Synonyms:
Symphurus seychellensis Chabanaud, 1955 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Symphurus seychellensis Chabanaud, 1955
Common names:
Common name Transliteration Language Country
Drab tonguefish - English - Click here to show the literature
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Langue terne - French France Click here to show the literature
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黑无线鳎 Hei wu xian ta Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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黑無線鰨 Hei wu sian ta Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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Hojita - Spanish Ecuador Click here to show the literature
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Lengua - Spanish Nicaragua Click here to show the literature
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Lengua lucia - Spanish Mexico(Pacific Coast.) Click here to show the literature
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Lengua lucia - Spanish Spain Click here to show the literature
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Lenguado - Spanish Nicaragua Click here to show the literature
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Classification:
Kingdom Animalia CoL
Phylum Chordata CoL
Class Actinopterygii FishBase
Order Pleuronectiformes FishBase
Family Cynoglossidae FishBase
Genus Symphurus FishBase
Distribution: Eastern Pacific: Mexico to Ecuador. The Seychelles record in Smith & Smith 1963 (Ref. 1623) was based on the type specimen of Symphurus seychellensis which was previously recorded as coming from Seychelles; the correct type locality for the species is northern Peru (Ref. 26282).
Lifezones: Brackish,marine
Additional data: -
Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 19-May-2014
Source database: FishBase, Jan 2015   99%
Bibliographic citation: Froese R. & Pauly D. (eds) (2025). FishBase (version Jan 2015). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2015 Annual Checklist (Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Kunze T., Flann C., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., eds). Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/col. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-8858.
Online resource: http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?ID=13646
CoL taxon LSID: urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:f67b11a7-ac8e-11e3-805d-020044200006:col20150401