FB-69877 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=69877 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Cypriniformes Nemacheilidae Schistura Schistura scripta Sudasinghe, 2018 Sharpnose tonguefish 2022-11-29 2024-07-18 Patzner, R.A.0 Reproductive strategies of fish. pp. 311-350. In Rocha, M.J., A. Arukwe and B.G. Kapoor (eds). Fish reproduction: cytology, biology and ecology. Science Publisher, Inc. Oxford. 631 p. (Ref. 101194) Lee, M.-Y.0 A new species of deep-water tonguefish (Pleuronectiformes: Cynoglossidae: <i>Symphurus</i> from the western North Pacific Ocean. Zootaxa 5189(1):233-242. (Ref. 127475) FB-GeneralDescr-69886 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2022-12-05 00:00:00 2022-12-05 00:00:00 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=69886 Only two specimens were collected from the deep waters, but It is expected to have wider distributions, horizontally and vertically. Stomach contents include small crustaceans, snails and bivalves. Little else is known about the biology of this species (Ref. 127475). Lee, M.-Y. 2022 A new species of deep-water tonguefish (Pleuronectiformes: Cynoglossidae: <i>Symphurus</i> from the western North Pacific Ocean. Zootaxa 5189(1):233-242. (Ref. 127475) FB-DiagnosticDescr-69886 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2022-12-05 00:00:00 2022-12-05 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=69886 This new species is distinguished from congeners by the following combination of characters: predominant 1–2–2–1–2 pattern of interdigitation of dorsal pterygiophores and neural spines, 14 caudal-fin rays, 93 dorsal-fin rays, 80–81 anal-fin rays, 9 abdominal and 52 total vertebrae, 5 hypurals, small eye (7.5–8.0 % HL) with relatively large pupil (78–85% ED), moderately large scales (87–89 scales in longitudinal series, 31 scales in transverse row), snout square and projecting anteriorly, ocular side uniformly yellow to dark brown with intense pigmentation on body areas overlying dorsal- and anal-fin pterygiophores, outer surface of opercle on both sides bluish black, general background coloration shared the same coloration in blind side, including more intense on body areas overlying dorsal and anal pterygiophores (Ref. 127475). Lee, M.-Y. 2022 A new species of deep-water tonguefish (Pleuronectiformes: Cynoglossidae: <i>Symphurus</i> from the western North Pacific Ocean. Zootaxa 5189(1):233-242. (Ref. 127475) FB-Distribution-69886 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2022-12-05 00:00:00 2025-01-24 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=69886 Northwest Pacific: Japan and Taiwan. Lee, M.-Y. 2022 A new species of deep-water tonguefish (Pleuronectiformes: Cynoglossidae: <i>Symphurus</i> from the western North Pacific Ocean. Zootaxa 5189(1):233-242. (Ref. 127475) FB-Size-69886 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2022-12-05 00:00:00 2022-12-05 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=69886 10.1 cm (male/unsexed; (Ref. 127475)) Lee, M.-Y. 2022 A new species of deep-water tonguefish (Pleuronectiformes: Cynoglossidae: <i>Symphurus</i> from the western North Pacific Ocean. Zootaxa 5189(1):233-242. (Ref. 127475) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-69886 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2022-12-05 00:00:00 2022-12-05 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=69886 demersal; marine; depth range 718 - 852 m (Ref. 127475) Lee, M.-Y. 2022 A new species of deep-water tonguefish (Pleuronectiformes: Cynoglossidae: <i>Symphurus</i> from the western North Pacific Ocean. Zootaxa 5189(1):233-242. (Ref. 127475)