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U.S. Department 
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Seattle, Washington 
Volume 96 
Number 1 
January 1998 
Fisheiy 
Bulletin 
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Contents 
1-1 82 Munroe, Thomas A. 
Systematics and ecology of tonguefishes of the genus 
Symphurus (Cynoglossidae: Pleuronectiformes) from the 
western Atlantic Ocean 
3 Taxonomic history 
5 Materials and methods 
2 1 Artificial key to western Atlantic Symphurus 
Species accounts 
26 Symphurus nebulosus (Goode and Bean, 1 883) 
30 Symphurus arawak Robins and Randall, 1 965 
34 Symphurus rhytisma Bohlke, 1 96 1 
38 Symphurus billykrietei, new species 
45 Symphurus stigmosus, new species 
50 Symphurus ginsburgi Menezes and Benvegnu, 
1976 
54 Symphurus pelicanus Ginsburg, 1 95 1 
58 Symphurus pusillus (Goode and Bean, 1 885) 
62 Symphurus marginatus (Goode and Bean, 1 886) 
66 Symphurus piger (Goode and Bean, 1 886) 
7 1 Symphurus trewavasae Chabanaud, 1 948 
75 Symphurus kyaropterygium Menezes and 
Benvegnu, 1976 
78 Symphurus minor Ginsburg, 1 95 1 
82 Symphurus parvus Ginsburg, 1951 
87 Symphurus ommaspilus Bohlke, 1961 
91 Symphurus diomedeanus (Goode and Bean, 
1885) 
