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Symphurus fasciolaris, Banded tongue-fish

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Symphurus fasciolaris Gilbert, 1892

Banded tongue-fish
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Pleuronectiformes (Flatfishes) > Cynoglossidae (Tonguefishes) > Symphurinae
Etymology: Symphurus: Greek, syn, symphysis = grown together + Greek, oura = tail (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Gilbert.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; brackish; demersal; depth range 1 - 50 m (Ref. 9294), usually 1 - 25 m (Ref. 9294). Tropical; 32°N - 7°N

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Point map | Introductions | Faunafri

Eastern Central Pacific: Bahía Magdalena, Mexico and the Gulf of California to Panama.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 24.5 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 91172); common length : 15.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 9294); max. published weight: 60.90 g (Ref. 130775)

Short description Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 90 - 97; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 75 - 80; Vertebrae: 48 - 52. Body flat and somewhat elongated, with a rounded anterior border; both eyes on the left side; dorsal fin with 90 to 97 rays; anal fin with 75 to 80 rays; caudal fin with 10 rays; body light to dark brown, usually with 5 to 7 dark transverse bars and sometimes with small, scattered blotches on the eyed side; caudal fin with a very dark stain (Ref. 55763).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Found on sandy bottoms (Ref. 37955). May be found in estuaries (Ref. 37955).

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Munroe, T.A., F. Krupp and M. Schneider, 1995. Cynoglossidae. Lenguas, lenguetas. p. 1039-1059. In W. Fischer, F. Krupp, W. Schneider, C. Sommer, K.E. Carpenter and V. Niem (eds.) Guia FAO para Identification de Especies para lo Fines de la Pesca. Pacifico Centro-Oriental. 3 Vols. FAO, Rome. (Ref. 9294)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 30 October 2020

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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