melanurus, Symphurus Clark [H. W.] 1936:386 [Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (Series 4) v. 21 (no. 29); ref. 839] Off Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico, 18°49'N, 99°05'W [coordinates erroneous]. Holotype: CAS 4401. Paratypes: CAS 4423 (1, partly dissected). Additional material (3): CAS 4424-25 (1, 1). •Valid as Symphurus melanurus Clark 1936 -- (Munroe 1990:229 [ref. 19192], Munroe & Nizinski 1990:994 [ref. 19193], Allen & Robertson 1994:291 [ref. 22193], Bussing & López S. 1994:146 [ref. 23101], Munroe et al. in Fischer et al. 1995:1052 [ref. 22829], De La Cruz Agüero et al. 1997:116 [ref. 24545], Chirichigno F. & Vélez D. 1998:216 [ref. 24555], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:502 [ref. 24550], Evseenko & Shtaut 2000:801 [ref. 25089], Nelson et al. 2004:183 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:178 [ref. 37547], Page et al. 2013:189 [ref. 32708], Jiménez-Prado et al. 2015:392 [ref. 34894], Galván-Villa et al. 2016:150 [ref. 34871], Love et al. 2021:223 [ref. 39279], Page et al. 2023:135 [ref. 40505], Siccha-Ramirez et al. 2023:254 [ref. 40816]). Current status: Valid as Symphurus melanurus Clark 1936. Cynoglossidae: Symphurinae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: Pacific coast of Baja California Sur (Mexico) sout to northern Peru, including southern Gulf of California (Mexico). IUCN (2021): Least Concern. Habitat: brackish, marine.