drab tonguefish
Symphurus melanurus Clark, 1936
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Symphurus melanurus Clark, 1936
- Name authority
- Clark, 1936
- Common name
- drab tonguefish
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Pleuronectiformes
- Family
- Cynoglossidae
- Genus
- Symphurus
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderPleuronectiformes
- suborderPleuronectoidei
- familyCynoglossidae Jordan, 1888
- subfamilySymphurinae Ochiai, 1963
- genusSymphurus Rafinesque, 1810
- speciesSymphurus melanurus Clark, 1936
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Symphurus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Caribbean tonguefishSymphurus arawak Robins & Randall, 1965 | CynoglossidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Symphurus atricauda (Jordan & Gilbert, 1880) | CynoglossidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Symphurus bathyspilus Krabbenhoft & Munroe, 2003 | CynoglossidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Kriete's tonguefishSymphurus billykrietei Munroe, 1998 | CynoglossidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| darkcheek tonguefishSymphurus chabanaudi Mahadeva & Munroe, 1990 | CynoglossidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Symphurus civitatum Ginsburg, 1951 | CynoglossidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| daubed tonguefishSymphurus diomedeanus (Goode & Bean, 1885) | CynoglossidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| banded tonguefishSymphurus fasciolaris Gilbert, 1892 | CynoglossidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Symphurus fuscus Brauer, 1906 | CynoglossidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Symphurus gilesii (Alcock, 1889) | CynoglossidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Symphurus ginsburgi Menezes & Benvegnú, 1976 | CynoglossidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Symphurus jenynsi Evermann & Kendall, 1906 | CynoglossidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Symphurus seychellensis Chabanaud, 1955 Chabanaud, 1955 | synonym |
| Symphurus sechurae Hildebrand, 1946 Hildebrand, 1946 | synonym |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Clark, H. W. (1936). New and noteworthy fishes. The Templeton Crocker expedition of the California Academy of Sciences, 1932. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (Series 4), 21. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:53PSL. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.