WoRMS taxon details
Symphurus jenynsi Evermann & Kendall, 1906
274249 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:274249)
accepted
Species
Simphurus jenynsi Evermann & Kendall, 1906 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Symphurus bergi Thompson, 1916 · unaccepted
Symphurus meridionalis de Lema & de Oliveira, 1977 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Evermann, B. W.; Kendall W. C. Kendall. (1906). Notes on a collection of fishes from Argentina, South America, with descriptions of three new species. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> v. 31 (no. 1482): 67-108., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.31-1482.67 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Symphurus jenynsi Evermann & Kendall, 1906. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=274249 on 2026-08-12
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Nomenclature
original description
Evermann, B. W.; Kendall W. C. Kendall. (1906). Notes on a collection of fishes from Argentina, South America, with descriptions of three new species. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> v. 31 (no. 1482): 67-108., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.31-1482.67 [details]
original description (of Symphurus bergi Thompson, 1916) Thompson, W. F. (1916). Fishes collected by the United States Bureau of Fisheries steamer "Albatross" during 1888, between Montevideo, Uruguay, and Tome, Chile, on the voyage through the Straits of Magellan. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> v. 50 (no. 2133): 401-476, Pls. 2-6., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.50-2133.401 [details]
original description (of Symphurus meridionalis de Lema & de Oliveira, 1977) de Lema, T. ; de Oliveira, M. F. T. (1977). A família Cynoglossidae no extremo-sul do Brasil e Rio da Prata (Pleuronectiformes, Soleoidei). <em>Iheringia, Série Zoologia (Porto Alegre) No.</em> 50: 3-19. [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Symphurus bergi Thompson, 1916) Thompson, W. F. (1916). Fishes collected by the United States Bureau of Fisheries steamer "Albatross" during 1888, between Montevideo, Uruguay, and Tome, Chile, on the voyage through the Straits of Magellan. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> v. 50 (no. 2133): 401-476, Pls. 2-6., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.50-2133.401 [details]
original description (of Symphurus meridionalis de Lema & de Oliveira, 1977) de Lema, T. ; de Oliveira, M. F. T. (1977). A família Cynoglossidae no extremo-sul do Brasil e Rio da Prata (Pleuronectiformes, Soleoidei). <em>Iheringia, Série Zoologia (Porto Alegre) No.</em> 50: 3-19. [details] Available for editors
Ecology
ecology source
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). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present
Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (7 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Symphurus meridionalis de Lema & de Oliveira, 1977)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Symphurus bergi Thompson, 1916)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Symphurus jenynsi)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Symphurus bergi Thompson, 1916)
To FishBase (from synonym Symphurus meridionalis de Lema & de Oliveira, 1977)
To FishBase (from synonym Simphurus jenynsi Evermann & Kendall, 1906)
To Genbank
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Symphurus jenynsi P05052 illustration)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Symphurus meridionalis de Lema & de Oliveira, 1977)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Symphurus bergi Thompson, 1916)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Symphurus jenynsi)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Symphurus bergi Thompson, 1916)
To FishBase (from synonym Symphurus meridionalis de Lema & de Oliveira, 1977)
To FishBase (from synonym Simphurus jenynsi Evermann & Kendall, 1906)
To Genbank
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Symphurus jenynsi P05052 illustration)
To ITIS