WoRMS taxon details
Symphurus diomedeanus (Goode & Bean, 1885)
159358 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159358)
accepted
Species
Aphoristia diomedeana Goode & Bean, 1885 · unaccepted
Symphurus diomedanus (Goode & Bean, 1885) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Symphurus diomedianus (Goode & Bean, 1885) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Symphurus pterospilotus Ginsburg, 1951 · unaccepted
Symphurus sumptuosus Chabanaud, 1948 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Aphoristia diomedeana Goode & Bean, 1885) Goode, G. B. ; Bean, T. H. (1885). Descriptions of new fishes obtained by the United States Fish Commission mainly from deep water off the Atlantic and Gulf coasts. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> v. 8 (no. 543): 589-605., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.8-543.589 [details]
Distribution Western Atlantic: north of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, along SE Atlantic coast of US, through the Gulf of Mexico and the...
Distribution Western Atlantic: north of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, along SE Atlantic coast of US, through the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea, inner continental shelf of South America to about Isla de Flores, Uruguay [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Symphurus diomedeanus (Goode & Bean, 1885). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159358 on 2026-04-19
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Symphurus pterospilotus Ginsburg, 1951) Ginsburg, I. (1951). Western Atlantic tonguefishes with descriptions of six new species. <em>Zoologica, Scientific Contributions of the New York Zoological Society.</em> 36 (pt. 3): 185-201, Pls. 1-3., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/p.203483 [details]
original description (of Symphurus sumptuosus Chabanaud, 1948) Chabanaud, P. (1948). Description de quatre espèces inédites du genre Symphurus. <em>Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle.</em> (Série 2) v. 20 (no. 6): 508-511. [details]
original description (of Aphoristia diomedeana Goode & Bean, 1885) Goode, G. B. ; Bean, T. H. (1885). Descriptions of new fishes obtained by the United States Fish Commission mainly from deep water off the Atlantic and Gulf coasts. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> v. 8 (no. 543): 589-605., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.8-543.589 [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
original description (of Symphurus sumptuosus Chabanaud, 1948) Chabanaud, P. (1948). Description de quatre espèces inédites du genre Symphurus. <em>Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle.</em> (Série 2) v. 20 (no. 6): 508-511. [details]
original description (of Aphoristia diomedeana Goode & Bean, 1885) Goode, G. B. ; Bean, T. H. (1885). Descriptions of new fishes obtained by the United States Fish Commission mainly from deep water off the Atlantic and Gulf coasts. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> v. 8 (no. 543): 589-605., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.8-543.589 [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional 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. [details]
additional 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. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Diet Feeds mainly on various benthic invertebrates particularly crabs and polychaete worms [details]Distribution Western Atlantic: north of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, along SE Atlantic coast of US, through the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea, inner continental shelf of South America to about Isla de Flores, Uruguay [details]
Habitat Found on muddy bottoms [details]
Habitat benthic [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | spottedfin tonguefishdaubed tonguefish | [details] |
| French | sole tachetée | [details] |
| Spanish | lengua filonegro | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Aphoristia diomedeana Goode & Bean, 1885)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Symphurus pterospilotus Ginsburg, 1951)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Symphurus diomedianus (Goode & Bean, 1885))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Symphurus diomedeanus)
To FishBase (from synonym Symphurus sumptuosus Chabanaud, 1948)
To FishBase (from synonym Aphoristia diomedeana Goode & Bean, 1885)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Symphurus pterospilotus Ginsburg, 1951)
To FishBase (from synonym Symphurus diomedanus (Goode & Bean, 1885))
To FishBase (from synonym Symphurus diomedianus (Goode & Bean, 1885))
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Aphoristia diomedeana Goode & Bean, 1885)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Aphoristia diomedeana Goode & Bean, 1885)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Symphurus pterospilotus Ginsburg, 1951)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Symphurus diomedianus (Goode & Bean, 1885))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Symphurus diomedeanus)
To FishBase (from synonym Symphurus sumptuosus Chabanaud, 1948)
To FishBase (from synonym Aphoristia diomedeana Goode & Bean, 1885)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Symphurus pterospilotus Ginsburg, 1951)
To FishBase (from synonym Symphurus diomedanus (Goode & Bean, 1885))
To FishBase (from synonym Symphurus diomedianus (Goode & Bean, 1885))
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Aphoristia diomedeana Goode & Bean, 1885)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
