plagiusa, Pleuronectes Linnaeus [C.] (ex Garden) 1766:455 [Systema naturae sive regna tria naturae v. 1 (pt 1); ref. 2786] Carolina [South Carolina, U.S.A.]. Holotype (unique): Linn. Soc. Lond. 124 (left side, skin). Type information: Goode & Bean 1885:196 [ref. 1841], Wheeler 1985:71-72 [ref. 20705]. Based on manuscript description and specimen sent by A. Garden [South Carolina]. •Valid as Symphurus plagiusa (Linnaeus 1766) -- (Robins & Ray 1986:297 [ref. 23100], Boschung 1992:178 [ref. 23239], Cervigón 1992:306 [ref. 23827], Murdy et al. 1997:270 [ref. 23144], Munroe 1998:104 [ref. 23285], Evseenko 1998:61 [ref. 23643], Aguilera 1998:53 [ref. 24221], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:499 [ref. 24550], Schmitter-Soto et al. 2000:170 [ref. 27754], Camargo & Isaac 2001:144 [ref. 27639], López et al. 2002:66 [ref. 26808], Munroe 2003:1953 [ref. 27118], Smith et al. 2003:69 [ref. 27621], Nelson et al. 2004:183 [ref. 27807], McEachran & Fechhelm 2005:883 [ref. 28815], García-Hernández et al. 2009:94 [ref. 37265], Page et al. 2013:189 [ref. 32708], Fabiano et al. 2014:9 [ref. 33530], Pinheiro et al. 2015:33 [ref. 34324], Nión et al. 2016:55 [ref. 35565] with authors as (Bloch & Schneider 1801), Raz-Guzmán et al. 2018:345 [ref. 36407], Robins et al. 2018:436 [ref. 35886], Spier et al. 2018:18 [ref. 36103], Bagley et al. 2023:318 [ref. 41241], Carvalho-Filho 2023:275 [ref. 40480], Hoff et al. 2023:6 [ref. 40463], Page et al. 2023:135 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Symphurus plagiusa (Linnaeus 1766). Cynoglossidae: Symphurinae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Gulf of Mexico south to Santa Catarina (Brazil), including Caribbean Sea. IUCN (2015): Least Concern. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.