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Symphurus undecimplerus Munroe and Nizinski, 1990
DARK CHEEK TONGUE
Imitator tonguefish

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Symphurus undecimplerus
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Symphurus undecimplerus

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Overview
Main identification features
  • body darker at rear, 6-9 faint diffuse bars
  • dorsal fin and a: last 1/3 dark
  • c: black
  • mouth not reaching past eye
  • lower operculum: dark blotch
Body elongate, pointed at tail end, highly compressed; eyes small, close together, on left side, with covers over pupils; snout rounded; mouth, short, not reaching rear of eye, arched (strongly on blind side), at front or a little under snout; preopercle covered with skin; dorsal origin ~above upper eye, 97-105 dorsal rays; 80-87 anal rays; 11 tail rays; no pectoral; only left pelvic present, separate from anal; dorsal and anal fused to tail; scales rough, on both sides; no lateral line; 95-112 lateral scales.

Top side light to dark brown, becoming darker on rear 1/4; 6-9 diffuse crossbars, many complete, most obvious in mid-body; dorsal and anal clear, last 1/3 darker than body; tail black; dark blotch on lower mid operculum; lining of gut cavity without pigment.

Size: 15 cm.

Habitat: sand and mud bottoms.

Depth: 15-55 m.

Southern Mexico to Peru.


Attributes
Abundance: Common.
Cites: Not listed.
Climate Zone: Northern Tropical (Mexican Province to Nicaragua + Revillagigedos); Equatorial (Costa Rica to Ecuador + Galapagos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo); South Temperate (Peruvian Province ).
Depth Range Max: 55 m.
Depth Range Min: 15 m.
Diet: mobile benthic gastropods/bivalves; mobile benthic worms; mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs).
Eastern Pacific Range: Northern limit=16; Southern limit=-9; Western limit=-96; Eastern limit=-78; Latitudinal range=25; Longitudinal range=18.
Egg Type: Pelagic; Pelagic larva.
Feeding Group: Carnivore.
FishBase Habitat: Demersal.
Global Endemism: Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) endemic; East Pacific endemic; All species.
Habitat: Mud; Soft bottom (mud, sand,gravel, beach, estuary & mangrove); Soft bottom only; Sand & gravel.
Inshore Offshore: Inshore; Inshore Only.
IUCN Red List: Not evaluated / Listed.
Length Max: 15 cm.
Regional Endemism: Continent only; Continent; TEP endemic; Continental TEP endemic; Mexican + Panamic provinces endemic; All species.
Residency: Resident.
Salinity: Marine; Marine Only.
Water Column Position: Bottom; Bottom only;


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References
  • Béarez, P., 1996., Lista de los Peces Marinos del Ecuador Continental., Revista de Biologia Tropical, 44:731-741.
  • Fischer , W. , Krup , F. , Schneider , W. , Sommer , C. , Carpenter , K. E. and Niem, V. H., 1995., Guia FAO para la Identificacion de Especies de para los fines de la Pesca. Pacifico Centro-Oriental. Volumen II. Vertebrados - Parte 1., FAO2:647-1200.
  • Jimenez-Prado, P., Béarez, P., 2004., Peces marinos del Ecuador continental / Marine fishes of continental Ecuador., SIMBIOE/NAZCA/IFEA tomo 1 y 2.
  • Munroe , and Nizinski,., 1990., Symphurus melasmatotheca and S. undecimplerus (Cynoglossidae, Pleuronectiformes), two new eastern Pacific tonguefishes with eleven caudal-fin rays., Copeia, 1990:985-996.

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