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Taxon: Genus Symphurus Rafinesque, 1810 - tonguefish (fish)
Classification by:

Natura - nature
   actualia - actual entities
     Mundus Plinius - physical world
       naturalia - natural bodies
         Clade Biota Wagner 2004 [Wiemann, de Queiroz, Rowe, Planavsky, Anderson, Gogarten, Turner & Gauthier 2020]
           Clade neomura Cavalier-Smith, 1987
             Domain Eukaryota Chatton, 1925 - eukaryotes
               Clade discaria Cavalier-Smith, 2021
                 Clade dorsates Cavalier-Smith, 2021
                   Clade podiates Cavalier-Smith, 2012
                     Clade Amorphea Adl et al. 2012 [Simpson, Medina & Adl 2020]
                       Clade Obazoa Brown, Sharpe, Silberman, Heiss, Lang, Simpson & Roger 2013
                         Clade Opisthokonta Cavalier-Smith 1987 [Simpson & Medina 2020] - animal-fungal clade
                           Superkingdom Holozoa Lang, O'Kelly, Nerad, Gray & Burger, 2002
                             Clade filozoa Shalchian-Tabrizi, Minge, Espelund, Orr, Ruden, Jakobsen & Cavalier-Smith, 2008
                               Kingdom Animalia Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
                                 Clade Planulozoa Wallberg, Thollesson, Farris & Jondelius 2004
                                   Subkingdom Bilateria Hatschek, 1888 - bilaterians
                                     Clade Nephrozoa Jondelius, Ruiz-Trillo, Baguñà & Riutort 2002
                                       Infrakingdom Deuterostomia Grobben, 1908
                                         Phylum Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates
                                           Subphylum Craniata auct.
                                             Infraphylum Vertebrata Lamarck, 1801 - vertebrates
                                               Clade Pan-Gnathostomata Downs 2020
                                                 Superclass Gnathostomata Gegenbaur, 1874 - jawed vertebrates
                                                   [crown] Clade Eugnathostomata
                                                     Clade Pan-Osteichthyes Rowe 2004 [Moore & Near 2020]
                                                       Clade Osteichthyes Huxley 1880 [Moore & Near 2020]
                                                         Clade Pan-Actinopterygii Rowe 2004 [Moore & Near 2020]
                                                           Clade Actinopterygii Woodward 1891 [Moore & Near 2020]
                                                             Clade Pan-Actinopteri Moore & Near 2020
                                                               Class Actinopteri Cope, 1871
                                                                 Subclass Neopterygii Regan, 1923
                                                                   Infraclass Teleosteomorpha Arratia, 2001
                                                                     Division Teleostei Müller, 1845
                                                                       Supercohort Teleocephala de Pinna, 1996 - crown-group Teleostei
                                                                         Cohort Clupeocephala Patterson & Rosen, 1977
                                                                           Subcohort Euteleosteomorpha Greenwood et al., 1966
                                                                             Infracohort Neoteleostei Nelson, 1969
                                                                               Supersection Eurypterygia Rosen, 1973
                                                                                 Section Ctenosquamata Rosen, 1973
                                                                                   Subsection Acanthomorphata Rosen, 1973
                                                                                     Clade Euacanthomorpha Johnson & Patterson, 1993
                                                                                       Clade Holacanthopterygii Johnson & Patterson, 1993
                                                                                         Division Acanthopterygii Rosen & Patterson, 1969
                                                                                           Subdivision Percomorphaceae
                                                                                             Series Carangaria [monotypic]
                                                                                               Order Carangiformes Jordan, 1923 [monophyletic?] - jacks
                                                                                                 Suborder Pleuronectoidei
                                                                                                   Superfamily Soleoidea Gilbert, 1905
                                                                                                     Family Cynoglossidae Jordan, 1888 - tonguefishes
                                                                                                       Subfamily Symphurinae Ochiai, 1963 [monotypic] - straightsnout tongue soles
                                                                                                         Genus Symphurus Rafinesque, 1810 - tonguefish
                                                                                                           Symphurus arawak Robins & Randall, 1965 - Caribbean tonguefish
                                                                                                           Symphurus atramentatus Jordan & Bollman, 1890 - inkspot tonguefish
                                                                                                           Symphurus atricaudus (Jordan & Gilbert, 1880) - California tonguefish
                                                                                                           Symphurus australis McCulloch, 1907
                                                                                                           Symphurus bathyspilus Krabbenhoft & Munroe, 2003
                                                                                                           Symphurus billykrietei Munroe, 1998 - Kriete's tonguefish
                                                                                                           Symphurus callopterus Munroe & Mahadeva, 1989 - chocolate tonguefish
                                                                                                           Symphurus caribbeanus Munroe, 1991
                                                                                                           Symphurus chabanaudi Mahadeva & Munroe, 1990 - Chabanaud's tonguefish
                                                                                                           Symphurus civitatium Ginsburg, 1951 - offshore tonguefish
                                                                                                           Symphurus diabolicus Mahadeva & Munroe, 1990 - devil's tonguefish
                                                                                                           Symphurus diomedeanus (Goode & Bean, 1885) - spottedfin tonguefish
                                                                                                           Symphurus elongatus (Günther, 1868) - elongate tonguefish
                                                                                                           Symphurus fasciolaris Gilbert, 1892 - banded tongue-fish
                                                                                                           Symphurus fuscus Brauer, 1906
                                                                                                           Symphurus gilesii (Alcock, 1889)
                                                                                                           Symphurus ginsburgi Menezes & Benvegnú, 1976
                                                                                                           Symphurus gorgonae Chabanaud, 1948 - Gorgonian tonguefish
                                                                                                           Symphurus hondoensis Hubbs, 1915
                                                                                                           Symphurus insularis Munroe, Brito & Hernández, 2000
                                                                                                           Symphurus jenynsi Evermann & Kendall, 1907
                                                                                                           Symphurus kyaropterygium Menezes & Benvegnú, 1976
                                                                                                           Symphurus leei Jordan & Bollman, 1890 - Lee's tonguefish
                                                                                                           Symphurus ligulatus (Cocco, 1844) - elongate tonguesole
                                                                                                           Symphurus lubbocki Munroe, 1990
                                                                                                           Symphurus luzonensis Chabanaud, 1955
                                                                                                           Symphurus macrophthalmus Norman, 1939
                                                                                                           Symphurus maldivensis Chabanaud, 1955
                                                                                                           Symphurus marginatus (Goode & Bean, 1886)
                                                                                                           Symphurus marmoratus Fowler, 1934
                                                                                                           Symphurus melanurus Clark, 1936 - drab tonguefish
                                                                                                           Symphurus melasmatotheca Munroe & Nizinski, 1990 - blackstripe tonguefish
                                                                                                           Symphurus microlepis Garman, 1899 - smallfin tonguefish
                                                                                                           Symphurus microrhynchus (Weber, 1913)
                                                                                                           Symphurus minor Ginsburg, 1951 - largescale tonguefish
                                                                                                           Symphurus nebulosus (Goode & Bean, 1883) - freckled tonguefish
                                                                                                           Symphurus nigrescens Rafinesque, 1810 - tonguesole
                                                                                                           Symphurus normani Chabanaud, 1950 - Norman's tonguesole
                                                                                                           Symphurus novemfasciatus Shen & Lin, 1984
                                                                                                           Symphurus ocellatus von Bonde, 1922 - double-spot tonguesole
                                                                                                           Symphurus oculellus Munroe, 1991
                                                                                                           Symphurus oligomerus Mahadeva & Munroe, 1990 - spotfin tonguefish
                                                                                                           Symphurus ommaspilus Böhlke, 1961 - ocellated tonguefish
                                                                                                           Symphurus orientalis (Bleeker, 1879)
                                                                                                           Symphurus parvus Ginsburg, 1951 - pygmy tonguefish
                                                                                                           Symphurus pelicanus Ginsburg, 1951 - longtail tonguefish
                                                                                                           Symphurus piger (Goode & Bean, 1886) - deepwater tonguefish
                                                                                                           Symphurus plagiusa (C. Linnaeus, 1766) - blackcheek tonguefish
                                                                                                           Symphurus plagusia (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) - duskycheek tonguefish
                                                                                                           Symphurus prolatinaris Munroe, Nizinski & Mahadeva, 1991 - halfstriped tonguefish
                                                                                                           Symphurus pusillus (Goode & Bean, 1885) - northern tonguefish
                                                                                                           Symphurus regani Weber & de Beaufort, 1929
                                                                                                           Symphurus reticulatus Munroe, 1990
                                                                                                           Symphurus rhytisma Böhlke, 1961 - patchtail tonguefish
                                                                                                           Symphurus schultzi Chabanaud, 1955
                                                                                                           Symphurus septemstriatus (Alcock, 1891) - sevenband tonguesole
                                                                                                           Symphurus stigmosus Munroe, 1998 - blotchfin tonguefish
                                                                                                           Symphurus strictus Gilbert, 1905 - blackbelly tonguesole
                                                                                                           Symphurus tessellatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
                                                                                                           Symphurus trewavasae Chabanaud, 1948
                                                                                                           Symphurus trifasciatus (Alcock, 1894) - threeband tonguesole
                                                                                                           Symphurus undatus Gilbert, 1905
                                                                                                           Symphurus undecimplerus Munroe & Nizinski, 1990 - dark cheek tongue
                                                                                                           Symphurus urospilus Ginsburg, 1951 - spottail tonguefish
                                                                                                           Symphurus vanmelleae Chabanaud, 1952
                                                                                                           Symphurus variegatus (Gilchrist, 1903)
                                                                                                           Symphurus varius Garman, 1899 - mottled tonguefish
                                                                                                           Symphurus williamsi Jordan & Culver, 1895 - William's tonguefish
                                                                                                           Symphurus woodmasoni (Alcock, 1889)

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