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Symphurus minor Ginsburg, 1951

Largescale tonguefish
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Symphurus minor
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Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Isolated captures (3 specimens at 44°23'N in 1951and one larva at 42°21'N in 1980) of this species in these far northern regions likely represent expatriate individuals transported northward by the Gulf of Stream from southern locations. Museum: Nova Scotia, USNM 92614 (Ref. 26268). Also Ref. 26938.
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/ca.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.ncr.dfo.ca/home_e.htm
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Scott, W.B. and M.G. Scott, 1988
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Common names from other countries

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: Ginsburg.

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

Marine; brackish; demersal; depth range 18 - 170 m (Ref. 26268), usually 20 - 60 m (Ref. 26268).   Subtropical; 37°N - 20°N, 90°W - 55°W (Ref. 26268)

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