Species that contain: Symphurus and plagusia [ 8 ] records

brasiliensis, Plagusia Cuvier [G.] in Spix & Agassiz 1831:89, Pl. 50 [Selecta genera et species piscium quos in itinere per Brasiliam; ref. 13] Atlantic off Brazil. Syntypes: MHNN 691 (1) Bahia. Type catalog: Kottelat 1984:150 [ref. 21784, Desoutter et al. 2001:349-350 [ref. 25922]. Based on a Cuvier manuscript. •Synonym of Symphurus tessellatus (Quoy & Gaimard 1824) -- (Munroe 1991:269 [ref. 15142], Munroe 1998:141 [ref. 23285], Desoutter et al. 2001:350 [ref. 25922]). Current status: Synonym of Symphurus tessellatus (Quoy & Gaimard 1824). Cynoglossidae: Symphurinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

fasciata, Plagusia DeKay [J. E.] 1842:304 [Zoology of New-York; ref. 1098] South Carolina, U.S.A. No types known. Based on a Holbrook illustrations, brief description. •Synonym of Symphurus plagiusa (Linnaeus 1766) -- (Munroe 1998:104 [ref. 23285]). Current status: Synonym of Symphurus plagiusa (Linnaeus 1766). Cynoglossidae: Symphurinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

lactea, Plagusia Bonaparte [C. L.] 1833:fasc. 5, punt. 27, Pl. 102 (fig. 4) [Iconografia della fauna italica; ref. 516] Italy, Mediterranean Sea. Syntypes: ANSP 8706-19 (14). Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:67 [ref. 13621]. •Synonym of Symphurus nigrescens Rafinesque 1810 -- (Desoutter 1990:1053 [ref. 18967], Munroe 1990:467 [ref. 19191], Bilecenoğlu et al. 2002:156 [ref. 26753]). Current status: Synonym of Symphurus nigrescens Rafinesque 1810. Cynoglossidae: Symphurinae. Habitat: marine.

minimus, Pleuronectes Larrañaga [D. A.] 1923:375 [Escritos de Don Dámaso Antonio Larrañaga v. 2; ref. 22561] Uruguay. Corresponds to Conexiales on p. 372 and to conex-iales on p. 383. Appeared as P. conexiales vel minimus in Devincenzi 1925:302, 321; Devincenzi treated as a synonym Symphurus plagusia (Bloch & Schneider 1801). •Synonym of Symphurus plagusia (Bloch & Schneider 1801). Current status: Synonym of Symphurus plagusia (Bloch & Schneider 1801). Cynoglossidae: Symphurinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

ornatus, Achirus Lacepède [B. G. E.] 1802:659, 663 [Histoire naturelle des poissons (Lacepède) v. 4; ref. 4929] No locality. Holotype (unique): apparently lost. Type catalog: Desoutter et al. 2001:347 [ref. 25922]. •Questionably a synonym of Symphurus plagusia (Bloch & Schneider 1801) -- (Munroe 1991:256 [ref. 15142], Munroe 1998:136 [ref. 23285]). •Nomen dubium -- (Desoutter et al. 2001:347 [ref. 25922]). Current status: Uncertain as Symphurus plagusia (Bloch & Schneider 1801). Cynoglossidae: Symphurinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

picta, Plagusia Costa [A.] 1862:49, Pl. 1 (fig. 2) [Annuario dell'Museo Zoologico della R. Università di Napoli v. 1; ref. 18044] Mediterranean Sea. No types known. •Synonym of Symphurus nigrescens Rafinesque 1810 -- (Torchio 1973:636 [ref. 6892], Munroe 1990:467 [ref. 19191], Munroe in Carpenter & De Angelis 2016:3043 [ref. 34618]). Current status: Synonym of Symphurus nigrescens Rafinesque 1810. Cynoglossidae: Symphurinae. Habitat: marine.

plagusia, Pleuronectes Bloch [M. E.] & Schneider [J. G.] (ex Browne) 1801:162 [M. E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae; ref. 471] Puerto Yabucoa, .5 miles east of Playa de Guayanes, Puerto Rico. Neotype: ANSP 132030. Based on Plagusia subcinerea of Brown 1756:445 [ref. 30188] and Browne 1789:445 from Jamaica; suppressed for nomenclatural purposes (Opinion 89, Direction 32) as non-binominal work. Neotype designated by Munroe 1991 [ref. 15142]. •Valid as Symphurus plagusia (Bloch & Schneider 1801) -- (Matsuura in Uyeno et al. 1983:463 [ref. 14275], Munroe 1991:256 [ref. 15142], Kurtz & Matsuura 1994:141 [ref. 22162], Andreata & Séret 1996:590 [ref. 16204], Greenfield & Thomerson 1997:252 [ref. 22947], Munroe 1998:136 [ref. 23285], Munroe 2003:1954 [ref. 27118], Menezes & Figueiredo in Menezes et al. 2003:108 [ref. 27192], Rotundo et al. in Marceniuk et al. 2021:407 [ref. 38945]). Current status: Valid as Symphurus plagusia (Bloch & Schneider 1801). Cynoglossidae: Symphurinae. Distribution: Western Atlantic. Habitat: brackish, marine.

tessellata, Plagusia Quoy [J. R. C.] & Gaimard [J. P.] 1824:240 [Voyage autour du monde; ref. 3574] Rio de Janeiro Bay [= Guanabara Bay], Brazil. No types known. Type catalog: Desoutter et al. 2001:350 [ref. 25922] as no types at MNHN. Based on Russell no. 73. •Valid as Symphurus tessellatus (Quoy & Gaimard 1824) -- (Munroe 1991:269 [ref. 15142], Cervigón 1996:41 [ref. 24489], Munroe 1998:141 [ref. 23285], Desoutter et al. 2001:350 [ref. 25922], Camargo & Isaac 2001:144 [ref. 27639], Munroe 2003:1958 [ref. 27118], Menezes & Figueiredo in Menezes et al. 2003:108 [ref. 27192] as tesselatus, Smith et al. 2003:69 [ref. 27621], Catelani et al. 2014:933 [ref. 37496], Spier et al. 2018:18 [ref. 36103], Ribeiro et al. 2019:7 [ref. 36717], Rotundo et al. in Marceniuk et al. 2021:408 [ref. 38945], Carvalho-Filho 2023:275 [ref. 40480], Hoff et al. 2023:6 [ref. 40463]). Current status: Valid as Symphurus tessellatus (Quoy & Gaimard 1824). Cynoglossidae: Symphurinae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Cuba south to Uruguay, including Caribbean Sea. Habitat: brackish, marine.