Symphurus melanurus Clark, 1936
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| Three new species of symphurine tonguefishes from tropical and warm temperate waters of the eastern Pacific (Symphurus: Cynoglossidae: Pleuronectiformes) M N Mahadeva and Thomas A Munroe (1990) Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 103: 931-954 | |
| Western Atlantic tonguefishes of the Symphurus plagusia complex (Cynoglossidae: Pleuronectiformes), with descriptions of two new species T A Munroe (1991) Fish. Bull 89: 247-287 | |
| Symphurus prolatinaris, a new species of shallow-water tonguefish (Pleuronectiformes: Cynoglossidae) from the eastern Pacific (1991) Proceedings of The Biological Society of Washington 104: 448-458 |