WoRMS taxon details

Symphurus Rafinesque, 1810

126113  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126113)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Chordata (Phylum)
  4. Vertebrata (Subphylum)
  5. Gnathostomata (Infraphylum)
  6. Osteichthyes (Parvphylum)
  7. Actinopterygii (Gigaclass)
  8. Actinopteri (Superclass)
  9. Teleostei (Class)
  10. Pleuronectiformes (Order)
  11. Cynoglossidae (Family)
  12. Symphurinae (Subfamily)
  13. Symphurus (Genus)
accepted
Genus
Aphoristia Kaup, 1858 · unaccepted
Bibronia Cocco, 1844 · unaccepted
Plagiusa Rafinesque, 1815 · unaccepted (synonym)
Plagusia Bonaparte, 1833 · unaccepted (synonym)
Simphurus · unaccepted (misspelling)

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  1. Species Symphurus arabicus Chabanaud, 1954
  2. Species Symphurus arawak Robins & Randall, 1965
  3. Species Symphurus atramentatus Jordan & Bollman, 1890
  4. Species Symphurus atricauda (Jordan & Gilbert, 1880)
  5. Species Symphurus australis McCulloch, 1907
  6. Species Symphurus bathyspilus Krabbenhoft & Munroe, 2003
  7. Species Symphurus billykrietei Munroe, 1998
  8. Species Symphurus brachycephalus Lee & Munroe, 2021
  9. Species Symphurus callopterus Munroe & Mahadeva, 1989
  10. Species Symphurus caribbeanus Munroe, 1991
  11. Species Symphurus chabanaudi Mahadeva & Munroe, 1990
  12. Species Symphurus civitatum Ginsburg, 1951
  13. Species Symphurus diabolicus Mahadeva & Munroe, 1990
  14. Species Symphurus diomedeanus (Goode & Bean, 1885)
  15. Species Symphurus elongatus (Günther, 1868)
  16. Species Symphurus fallax Chabanaud, 1957
  17. Species Symphurus fasciolaris Gilbert, 1892
  18. Species Symphurus fuscus Brauer, 1906
  19. Species Symphurus gilesii (Alcock, 1889)
  20. Species Symphurus ginsburgi Menezes & Benvegnú, 1976
  21. Species Symphurus gorgonae Chabanaud, 1948
  22. Species Symphurus hernandezi Saavedra-Díaz, Munroe & Acero, 2003
  23. Species Symphurus hondoensis Hubbs, 1915
  24. Species Symphurus hongae Lee & Munroe, 2021
  25. Species Symphurus insularis Munroe, Brito & Hernández, 2000
  26. Species Symphurus jenynsi Evermann & Kendall, 1906
  27. Species Symphurus kyaropterygium Menezes & Benvegnú, 1976
  28. Species Symphurus leeorum Jordan & Bollman, 1890
  29. Species Symphurus leptosomus Lee & Munroe, 2021
  30. Species Symphurus leucochilus Lee, Munroe & Shao, 2014
  31. Species Symphurus ligulatus (Cocco, 1844)
  32. Species Symphurus longirostris Lee, Munroe & Kai, 2016
  33. Species Symphurus lubbocki Munroe, 1990
  34. Species Symphurus luzonensis Chabanaud, 1955
  35. Species Symphurus macrophthalmus Norman, 1939
  36. Species Symphurus maculopinnis Munroe, Tyler & Tunnicliffe, 2011
  37. Species Symphurus maldivensis Chabanaud, 1955
  38. Species Symphurus marginatus (Goode & Bean, 1886)
  39. Species Symphurus marmoratus Fowler, 1934
  40. Species Symphurus megasomus Lee, Chen & Shao, 2009
  41. Species Symphurus melanurus Clark, 1936
  42. Species Symphurus melasmatotheca Munroe & Nizinski, 1990
  43. Species Symphurus microlepis Garman, 1899
  44. Species Symphurus microrhynchus (Weber, 1913)
  45. Species Symphurus minor Ginsburg, 1951
  46. Species Symphurus monostigmus Munroe, 2006
  47. Species Symphurus multimaculatus Lee, Munroe & Chen, 2009
  48. Species Symphurus nebulosus (Goode & Bean, 1883)
  49. Species Symphurus nigrescens Rafinesque, 1810
  50. Species Symphurus normani Chabanaud, 1950
  51. Species Symphurus novemfasciatus Shen & Lin, 1984
  52. Species Symphurus ocellaris Munroe & Robertson, 2005
  53. Species Symphurus ocellatus von Bonde, 1922
  54. Species Symphurus oculellus Munroe, 1991
  55. Species Symphurus oligomerus Mahadeva & Munroe, 1990
  56. Species Symphurus ommaspilus Böhlke, 1961
  57. Species Symphurus orientalis (Bleeker, 1879)
  58. Species Symphurus parvus Ginsburg, 1951
  59. Species Symphurus pelicanus Ginsburg, 1951
  60. Species Symphurus piger (Goode & Bean, 1886)
  61. Species Symphurus plagiusa (Linnaeus, 1766)
  62. Species Symphurus plagusia (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
  63. Species Symphurus polylepis Lee & Munroe, 2021
  64. Species Symphurus prolatinaris Munroe, Nizinski & Mahadeva, 1991
  65. Species Symphurus pusillus (Goode & Bean, 1885)
  66. Species Symphurus regani Weber & de Beaufort, 1929
  67. Species Symphurus reticulatus Munroe, 1990
  68. Species Symphurus rhytisma Böhlke, 1961
  69. Species Symphurus robustus Lee & Munroe, 2021
  70. Species Symphurus sayademalhensis Chabanaud, 1955
  71. Species Symphurus schultzi Chabanaud, 1955
  72. Species Symphurus septemstriatus (Alcock, 1891)
  73. Species Symphurus stigmosus Munroe, 1998
  74. Species Symphurus strictus Gilbert, 1905
  75. Species Symphurus tessellatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
  76. Species Symphurus thermophilus Munroe & Hashimoto, 2008
  77. Species Symphurus trewavasae Chabanaud, 1948
  78. Species Symphurus trifasciatus (Alcock, 1894)
  79. Species Symphurus undatus Gilbert, 1905
  80. Species Symphurus undecimplerus Munroe & Nizinski, 1990
  81. Species Symphurus urospilus Ginsburg, 1951
  82. Species Symphurus vanmelleae Chabanaud, 1952
  83. Species Symphurus variegatus (Gilchrist, 1903)
  84. Species Symphurus varius Garman, 1899
  85. Species Symphurus williamsi Jordan & Culver, 1895
  86. Species Symphurus woodmasoni (Alcock, 1889)
  87. Species Symphurus atricaudus (Jordan & Gilbert, 1880) accepted as Symphurus atricauda (Jordan & Gilbert, 1880)
  88. Species Symphurus bergi Thompson, 1916 accepted as Symphurus jenynsi Evermann & Kendall, 1906
  89. Species Symphurus civitatium Ginsburg, 1951 accepted as Symphurus civitatum Ginsburg, 1951
  90. Species Symphurus civitatus Ginsburg, 1951 accepted as Symphurus civitatum Ginsburg, 1951 (misspelling)
  91. Species Symphurus diomedanus (Goode & Bean, 1885) accepted as Symphurus diomedeanus (Goode & Bean, 1885) (misspelling)
  92. Species Symphurus diomedianus (Goode & Bean, 1885) accepted as Symphurus diomedeanus (Goode & Bean, 1885) (misspelling)
  93. Species Symphurus gilesi (Alcock, 1889) accepted as Symphurus gilesii (Alcock, 1889) (misspelling)
  94. Species Symphurus holothuriae Chabanaud, 1948 accepted as Symphurus microrhynchus (Weber, 1913)
  95. Species Symphurus leei Jordan & Bollman, 1890 accepted as Symphurus leeorum Jordan & Bollman, 1890
  96. Species Symphurus meridionalis de Lema & de Oliveira, 1977 accepted as Symphurus jenynsi Evermann & Kendall, 1906
  97. Species Symphurus ommospilus Böhlke, 1961 accepted as Symphurus ommaspilus Böhlke, 1961 (misspelling)
  98. Species Symphurus paitensis Hildebrand, 1946 accepted as Symphurus williamsi Jordan & Culver, 1895
  99. Species Symphurus pterospilotus Ginsburg, 1951 accepted as Symphurus diomedeanus (Goode & Bean, 1885)
  100. Species Symphurus sechurae Hildebrand, 1946 accepted as Symphurus melanurus Clark, 1936
  101. Species Symphurus seychellensis Chabanaud, 1955 accepted as Symphurus melanurus Clark, 1936
  102. Species Symphurus sumptuosus Chabanaud, 1948 accepted as Symphurus diomedeanus (Goode & Bean, 1885)
  103. Species Symphurus vanmellae Chabanaud, 1952 accepted as Symphurus vanmelleae Chabanaud, 1952 (misspelling)
  104. Species Symphurus vittatus Weber, 1907 accepted as Paraplagusia guttata (MacLeay, 1878)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Rafinesque, C.S. (1810). Indice d'ittiologia siciliana; Indice d'ittiologia siciliana; ossia, catalogo metodico dei nomi latini, italiani, e siciliani dei pesci, che si rinvengono in Sicilia disposti secondo un metodo naturale e seguito da un appendice che contiene la descrizione de alcuni nuovi pesci sicilian. Messina. Pp 1-70, Pls. 1-2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6340395 [details] 
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Symphurus Rafinesque, 1810. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126113 on 2025-11-07
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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van der Land, Jacob
2013-01-04 15:09:25Z
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Bailly, Nicolas
2013-03-05 06:52:44Z
changed
Bailly, Nicolas
2014-11-21 13:09:37Z
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Bailly, Nicolas

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Nomenclature

original description Rafinesque, C.S. (1810). Indice d'ittiologia siciliana; Indice d'ittiologia siciliana; ossia, catalogo metodico dei nomi latini, italiani, e siciliani dei pesci, che si rinvengono in Sicilia disposti secondo un metodo naturale e seguito da un appendice che contiene la descrizione de alcuni nuovi pesci sicilian. Messina. Pp 1-70, Pls. 1-2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6340395 [details] 

original description (of Bibronia Cocco, 1844) Cocco, A. (1844). Intorno ad alcuni nuovi pesci del mare di Messina. <em>Giornale del Gabinetto Letterario di Messina Anno 3.</em> Tomo 5: 21-30, Pl. 2. [details] 

original description (of Plagusia Bonaparte, 1833) Bonaparte, C.L. (1833). Iconografia della fauna italica per le quattro classi degli animali vertebrati. Tomo III. <em>Pesci. Roma.</em> Fasc. 2-5, puntate 7-28, 12 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47089297 [details] 

basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details] 

Taxonomy

taxonomy source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details] 

Other

context source (PeRMS) Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. <em>2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao.</em> 314 p. [details] 

additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details] 

 
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LanguageName 
Japanese アズマガレイ属  [details]
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) 
To Catalog of Fishes 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Plagusia) (from synonym Plagusia Bonaparte, 1833)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Symphurus) 
To Genbank 
To NMNH Extant Collection (Symphurus FIN035095 Slide 35 mm) 
To NMNH Extant Collection (Symphurus FIN035095 Slide 35 mm) 
To ITIS
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