Symphurus insularis

Symphurus insularis Munroe, Brito & Hernández, 2000

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

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Marine; demersal; depth range 3 - 23 m (Ref. 36120), usually 11 - 20 m (Ref. 36120). Temperate; 40°N - 15°N

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Eastern Atlantic: Azores, Madeira, Canary, Cape Verde Islands and Senegal.

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Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 8.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 36120)

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Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 80 - 87; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 66 - 72; Vertebrae: 45 - 48. a 1-3-2 interdigitation pattern; 12 caudal fin rays; 80-87 dorsal fin rays; 66-72 anal fin rays; 45-48 total vertebrae; 84-98 scales in a longitudinal series; unpigmented peritoneum; unique ocular side pigmentation featuring a yellowish to dark brown background with numerous small, dark speckles, a series of 3-8 mostly incomplete crossbands beginning just posterior to the opercle, and usually 1-3 small, dark, spherical spots arranged in a longitudinal row along the body midline; a series of dark blotches alternating with unpigmented areas on the dorsal and anal fins, and a spot and dark band on the caudal fin base with the distal four-fifths of the caudal fin unpigmented.
Body shape (shape guide): short and / or deep; Cross section: flattened.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

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Munroe, T.A., A. Brito and C. Hernandez, 2000. Symphurus insularis: a new Eastern Atlantic dwarf tonguefish (Cynoglossidae: Pleuronectiformes). Copeia 2000(2):491-500. (Ref. 36120)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 22 May 2013

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Fisheries: of no interest
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