Symphurus marginatus (Goode & Bean, 1886)
Margined tonguefish
Margined tonguefish

Family:  Cynoglossidae (Tonguefishes), subfamily: Symphurinae
Max. size:  14.6 cm SL (male/unsexed)
Environment:  bathydemersal; marine; depth range 37 - 750 m
Distribution:  Western Atlantic: off New Jersey southward along eastern United States, Gulf of Mexico, off the Bahamas, the Greater Antilles at Puerto Rico, throughout southern Caribbean Sea from Honduras to Venezuela, and from Trinidad and Tobago to southeastern Brazil.
Diagnosis:   
Biology:  Often found in deepwater soft mud substrates on outer continental shelf and upper continental slope (Ref. 26268).
IUCN Red List Status: Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 12 October 2018 Ref. (130435)
Threat to humans:  harmless
Country info:  Museum: Virginia, VIMS , 4302, 5510. Florida, UMML 10519; USNM 291315. Alabama, FMNH 88818. New Jersey, MCZ 151172. Mississippi, FMNH 88820. Louisiana, MCZ 51900 (Ref. 26268).


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