Symphurus piger

Author
Goode & Bean, 1886
Common Names
  • Deepwater Tonguefish

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Min Depth
92 meters
Max Depth
549 meters
Overall Geographic Range
Florida to French Guiana, Antilles
Habitat-Biology
  • demersal
  • benthic
  • slope
  • soft substrate (muds, sands, clays)
References

  • McEachran, J. D., and J. D. Fechhelm. 2005. Fishes of the Gulf of Mexico. Volume 2: Scorpaeniformes to Tetraodontiformes. University of Texas Press, Austin, TX. 1004 pp.

  • Munroe, T. A. 1998. Systematics and ecology of tonguefishes of the genus Symphurus (Cynoglossidae: Pleuronectiformes) from the western Atlantic Ocean. Fishery Bulletin 96: 1–182.

  • Munroe, T. A. 2002f. Cynoglossidae. Pp. 1934–1959 in K. E. Carpenter, ed. The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Atlantic. Vol. 3. Bony fishes part 2 (Opistognathidae to Molidae). FAO Species Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes and American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists Special Publication No. 5. FAO, Rome.

  • Topp, R. W., and F. H. Hoff, Jr. Flatfishes (Pleuronectiformes). Memoirs of the Hourglass Cruises, Florida Marine Research Institute Department of Natural Resources 4(2): 1–135.

Species Notes

None noted.

Source

McEachran, J. D. 2009. Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.

GulfBase Citation

Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies. 2016. GulfBase: Resource Database for Gulf of Mexico Research, Education, and Management. Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. World Wide Web electronic publication. http://www.gulfbase.org, 04-18-2024.

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