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Teleostei (teleosts) > Pleuronectiformes (Flatfishes) > Cynoglossidae (Tonguefishes) > Symphurinae
Etymology: Symphurus: Greek, syn, symphysis = grown together + Greek, oura = tail (Ref. 45335); holothuriae: Named for its type locality, off Holothuria Bank..

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Marine; demersal. Subtropical

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Eastern Indian Ocean: NW Australia.

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 3.2 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 126065)

Short description Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal soft rays (total): 84; Anal soft rays: 70; Vertebrae: 46. This species is distinguished from all its congeners by the following set of characters: ID pattern 1-2-3-2-2; caudal-fin rays 12; vertebrae. 9 (3 + 6) abdominal. 46 total; hypurals 4; D 84, A 70; longitudinal scale rows 60; transverse scale rows 25; scale rows on head posterior to lower orbit 16; body elongate (BD 25.7% of SL); preanal length long (PAL = 27.6% of SL); upper head lobe equal in length to lower head lobe; head long (HL = 24.0% of SL), head length longer than head width (HW/HL = 0.97); postorbital length long (POL of 75.9% HL); snout short (SNL = 14.3% of HL, SNL/ED = 1.45) and slightly blunt anteriorly; dorsal-fin origin at vertical through posterior margin of upper eye; predorsal length short (PDL = 19.7% of HL); eyes unequal in position with anterior margin of upper eye noticeably in advance of anterior margin of lower eye; a well-developed fleshy ridge on posterior part of ocular-side lower jaw; body pigmentation yellowish-green on both sides (Ref. 126065).

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Lee, M.-Y. and T.A. Munroe, 2021. Unraveling cryptic diversity among shallow-water tonguefishes (Pleuronectiformes: Cynoglossidae: Symphurus) from the Indo-West Pacific region, with descriptions of five new species. Zootaxa 5039(1):1-5.5 (Ref. 126065)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Data deficient (DD) ; Date assessed: 22 February 2019

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = No PD50 data [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 3.1 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives

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

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).

Symphurus holothuriae Chabanaud, 1948