Symphurus diabolicus Mahadeva & Munroe, 1990:949
Diabolical tonguefish (proposed)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Last record: 15 April 1888
Rediscovered in 2001 or before
Distribution
Galápagos Islands, Ecuador
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Mahadeva, M. N. and Munroe, T. A. (1990). Three new species of symphurine tonguefishes from tropical and warm temperate waters of the Eastern Pacific (Symphurus: Cynoglossidae: Pleuronectiformes). Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 103(4): 931-954.
Other references:
McCosker, J.E. Rosenblatt, R.H. (2010) The fishes of the Galápagos Archipelago: an update. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sc., Ser. 4, vol. 61, Suppl. II, no. 11: 167-195.
Munroe, T. A. and McCosker, John E. (2001). Redescription of Symphurus diabolicus, a poorly-known, deep-sea tonguefish (Pleuronectiformes:Cynoglossidae) from the Galapagos Archipelago. Rev. Biol. Trop. 49 supl. 1: 185-191. [Abstract]