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Symphurus plagusia (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES

Classification

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

Name

Synonyms
Pleuronectes minimus Larrañaga, 1923
Pleuronectes plagusia Bloch & Schneider, 1801
Homonyms
Symphurus plagusia (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Common names
Drab Tonguefish in English
Duskycheek tonguefish in English
Im sol in language.
Langue joue cendre in French
Langue joue cendre in French
Língua-de-mulata in Portuguese
Língua-de-mulata in language.
Sol in language.
duskycheek tonguefish in English
duskycheek tonguefish in English
lengua de vaca parda in Spanish
lengua de vaca parda in Spanish
ムナグロアズマガレイ in Japanese
Duskycheek Tonguefish in English
Drab Tonguefish in English

Bibliographic References

  1. Claro, Rodolfo, and Lynne R. Parenti / Claro, Rodolfo, Kenyon C. Lindeman, and L. R. Parenti, eds., 2001: Chapter 2: The Marine Ichthyofauna of Cuba. Ecology of the Marine Fishes of Cuba. 21-57.
  2. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025).
  3. 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
  4. Munroe, Thomas A., 1991: Western Atlantic tonguefishes of the Symphurus plagusia complex (Cynoglossidae: Pleuronectiformes), with descriptions of two new species. Fishery Bulletin, vol. 89, no. 2. 247-287.
  5. Munroe, Thomas A., 1998: Systematics and ecology of tonguefishes of the genus Symphurus (Cynoglossidae: Pleuronectiformes) from the western Atlantic Ocean. Fishery Bulletin, vol. 96, no. 4. i-ii + 1-182.
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