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Teleostei (teleosts) > Pleuronectiformes (Flatfishes) > Cynoglossidae (Tonguefishes) > Symphurinae
Etymology: Symphurus: Greek, syn, symphysis = grown together + Greek, oura = tail (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Dr Paul Chabanaud (1876–1959) was a French ichthyologist and herpetologist. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.

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Marine; brackish; demersal; depth range 0 - 60 m (Ref. 9294), usually 0 - 28 m (Ref. 9294). Tropical; 33°N - 5°S, 116°W - 76°W (Ref. 56830)

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Eastern Pacific: Gulf of California to Peru.

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 26.5 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 124487); common length : 21.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 9294); max. published weight: 166.13 g (Ref. 124487)

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Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 98 - 109; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 82 - 92; Vertebrae: 52 - 57. Body flat and elongated, with an oval anterior border; both eyes on left side; dorsal fin with 98 to 109 rays; anal fin with 82 to 92 rays; caudal fin with 12 rays; body light to dark brown, usually with 6 to 8 transverse bars of contrasting color; lower half operculum on the eyed side with a large dark stain; dorsal and anal fins progressively darker distally (Ref. 55763).

Common over muddy bottoms in estuaries and mangroves (Ref. 9294).

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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 2024-1)

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

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Fisheries: minor commercial

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Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 20.5 - 28.5, mean 25.1 °C (based on 102 cells).

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00603 (0.00343 - 0.01059), b=3.09 (2.93 - 3.25), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 3.4 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives

Generation time: 1.5 ( na - na) years. Estimated as median ln(3)/K based on 1 growth studies.

Resilience (Ref. 120179): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low vulnerability (21 of 100).

Price category (Ref. 80766): Very high.

Symphurus chabanaudi Mahadeva & Munroe, 1990