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Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) > Pleuronectiformes (Flatfishes) > Cynoglossidae (Tonguefishes) > Symphurinae
Etymology: Symphurus: Greek, syn, symphysis = grown together + Greek, oura = tail (Ref. 45335); diomedeanus: Named for the Greek hero in the Trojan Was, Diomedes.

Environment / Climate / Range Ecology

Marine; reef-associated; depth range 6 - 263 m (Ref. 5951), usually 21 - 80 m (Ref. 26268). Subtropical, preferred ?; 36°N - 40°S, 98°W - 35°W (Ref. 26268)

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Western Atlantic: Canada (Ref. 5951) to north of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina through the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea, inner continental shelf of South America to about Isla de Flores, Uruguay.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 22.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 35237); common length : 18.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 3716)

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Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 90-92; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 73 - 77

Does not usually occur in shallow coastal or estuarine waters (Ref. 26268). Found on muddy bottoms. Feeds mainly on various benthic invertebrates particularly crabs and polychaete worms (Ref. 35237).

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Robins, C.R. and G.C. Ray, 1986. A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, U.S.A. 354 p. (Ref. 7251)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)

Least Concern (LC)

CITES (Ref. 94142)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Fisheries: of potential interest

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Symphurus diomedeanus (Goode & Bean, 1885)