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Figure 46 
Symphurus diomedeanus (Goode and Bean). (A) UMML 35270, 136 mm SL, Venezuela 10°49'N, 63°13'W. (B) UMML 35271, 
121 mm SL, British Guiana 8°08'N, 58°34'W. 
Symphurus diomedeanus (Goode and Bean, 
1885J 
(Figs. 9D, 46=47; Tables 1=10, 27=28} 
Spottedfin tonguefish 
Aphoristia diomedeana Goode and Bean, 1885:589 
(original description; off Tortugas, Florida). Goode 
and Bean, 1896:460 (in part, more than one spe- 
cies included in account) (Tortugas, Florida; rede- 
scription, counts and figure of holotype; additional 
data on specimens from Gulf of Mexico and Carib- 
bean). Jordan, 1886b:6Q3 (West Indies). 
Symphurus diomedeanus. Jordan and Goss, 1889:101 
(possible geographical variety and synonym of S. 
plagiusa). Jordan and Evermann, 1898:2711 (af- 
ter Goode and Bean). Evermann and Marsh, 
1900:332 (in key; geographical variety of S. 
plagiusa). Chabanaud, 1939:26 (Gulf of Mexico). 
Longley and Hildebrand, 1941:49 (Tortugas, 
Florida). Munroe, 1992:371, 382 (IB pattern; geo- 
graphic, bathymetric distributions). 
Symphurus sumptuosus Chabanaud, 1948:509 (origi- 
nal description; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil). 
Symphurus diomedianus. Ginsburg, 1951:194 (in- 
valid emendation of name; North Carolina to Bra- 
zil; redescription, synonymy, figure). Hildebrand, 
1954:296 (Texas, Mexico; occurrence on brown 
shrimp grounds; substrate preference). Hilde- 
brand, 1955:205 (Gulf of Campeche, Mexico; occur- 
rence on pink shrimp grounds; substrate prefer- 
