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Symphurus plagiusa (Linnaeus, 1766) 
AphiaID: 159363

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Pleuronectiformes (Order) > Cynoglossidae (Family) > Symphurinae (Subfamily) > Symphurus (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Symphurus Rafinesque, 1810
Synonymised
taxa
  Glossichthys plagiusa (Linnaeus, 1766)
Plagusia fasciata DeKay, 1842
Pleuronectes plagiusa Linnaeus, 1766
Sources  basis of record: Fishbase, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details]

basis of record: Hildebrand, S.F. and W.C. Schroeder. 1972. Fishes of Chesapeake Bay. T.F.H. Publications, Inc. Neptune, New Jersey. 388 p. [details]

additional source: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details]

additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details]

additional source: McEachran, J. D. 2009. Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]

additional source: FishBase, version october 2012 [details]

from synonym: Linnaeus, C. (1766). Systema naturae sive regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae. 12th ed. v. 1 (pt 1): 1-532. [details] [view taxon]

context source (Deepsea): Natural History Museum, London (NHM): Collections Management Database System , available online at http://www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/collections/collections-management [details]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
English blackcheek tonguefish  [details]
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Gulf of Maine [details]
Gulf of Mexico [details]
North West Atlantic [details]
Links To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (54 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To FishBase
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To ITIS
Notes  Distribution: Western Atlantic: from New York south through the Florida Keys (USA), through the northern Gulf of Mexico to the Campeche Peninsula, Mexico, the Bahamas, and Cuba [details]

Habitat: benthic [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159363
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2005-05-27 09:47:05Z  created  Appeltans, Ward
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z  changed  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Symphurus plagiusa (Linnaeus, 1766). In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159363 on 2013-05-25
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