Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Parvphylum Osteichthyes > Gigaclass Actinopterygii > Subclass Neopterygii > Class Teleostei > Order Pleuronectiformes > Family Cynoglossidae > Subfamily Symphurinae > Genus Symphurus

Symphurus insularis Munroe, Brito & Hernández, 2000

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Symphurus*	Rafinesque, 1810	accepted genus name
*Bibronia*	Cocco, 1844	synonym

Literature

original description	Munroe, T. A.; Brito, A.; Hernandez, C. (2000). Symphurus insularis: a new Eastern Atlantic dwarf tonguefish (Cynoglossidae: Pleuronectiformes). Copeia. 2000(2): 491-500.
additional source	Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024).
ecology source	Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. Scientific Data. 10(1).

Genbank

External Links

FishBase
FishBase images (Symphurus insularis, Azores Is., by Wirtz, P.)

Citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Symphurus insularis Munroe, Brito & Hernández, 2000. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:274248