Species that contain: Symphurus and tessellatus [ 2 ] 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.

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.