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Symphurus melasmatotheca Munroe & Nizinski, 1990

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Munroe, T. A.; Nizinski, M. S. (1990). Symphurus melasmatotheca and S. undecimplerus (Cynoglossidae, Pleuronectiformes), two new eastern Pacific tonguefishes with eleven caudal-fin rays. <em>Copeia.</em> 1990 (4): 985-996.

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
order
Pleuronectiformes
family
Cynoglossidae
genus
Symphurus
species
Symphurus melasmatotheca

Name

Homonyms
Symphurus melasmatotheca Munroe & Nizinski, 1990
Common names
Blackstripe Tonguefish in English
Darkbelly Tonguefish in English
Langue Tripe Noire in French
Lengua de Tripa Negra in Spanish
darkbelly tonguefish in English
darkbelly tonguefish in English
darkbelly tonguefish in English
lengua tripa negra in Spanish
lengua tripa negra in Spanish
lengua tripa negra in Spanish
Blackstripe Tonguefish in English
Darkbelly Tonguefish in English
Langue Tripe Noire in French
Lengua Tripa Negra in Spanish
Lengua de Tripa Negra in Spanish
darkbelly tonguefish in English
lengua tripa negra in Spanish

Bibliographic References

  1. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025).
  2. Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). 10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4
  3. Munroe, T. A.; Nizinski, M. S. (1990). Symphurus melasmatotheca and S. undecimplerus (Cynoglossidae, Pleuronectiformes), two new eastern Pacific tonguefishes with eleven caudal-fin rays. <em>Copeia.</em> 1990 (4): 985-996.
  4. Nelson, Joseph S., Edwin J. Crossman, H. Espinosa-Pérez, L. T. Findley, C. R. Gilbert, et al., eds., 2004: Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico, Sixth Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 29. ix + 386.
  5. Page, L. M., H. Espinosa-Pérez, L. T. Findley, C. R. Gilbert, R. N. Lea, N. E. Mandrak, et al., eds., 2013: Common and Scientific Names of Fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico, Seventh Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 34. 243.
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