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Symphurus jenynsi Evermann and Kendall, 
1907 
(Figs. 9G, 48-49; Tables 1-10, 29J 
Jenyn's tonguefish 
Plagusia sp. Jenyns, 1840-42:140 (San Bias, coast of 
Patagonia; brief description; comparison with 
Plagusia brasiliensis-S. tessellatus, this study). 
Symphurus plagusia (not of Schneider, in Bloch and 
Schneider, 1801). ?Berg, 1895:79 (Mar del Plata, 
Montevideo). 
Symphurus jenynsi Evermann and Kendall, 1907:108 
(original description, figure of type; probably from 
market at Buenos Aires). Devincenzi, 1920:135 (Rio 
de La Plata, Uruguay; diagnosis; counts and mea- 
surements). Chabanaud, 1939:26 (market at 
Buenos Aires). Lahille, 1939:203 (Argentina). 
Chiesa, 1945:101 (Argentina, 35-39°S). Ginsburg, 
1951:200 (redescription, counts, measurements, 
distribution). Carvalho et al., 1968:21 (southern 
Brazil and Argentina). Roux, 1973:176 (southern 
Brazil and Argentina). Lazzaro, 1973:247 (Argen- 
tina). Benvegnu, 1973:499 (southern Brazil and 
Uruguay). Kawakami, 1976:629 (ecological distri- 
bution, feeding habits). Menezes and Benvegnu, 
1976:139 (southeastern Brazil to Argentina; rede- 
scription, photograph, counts, measurements, eco- 
logical distribution). Lema and Oliveira, 1977:6 
(Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, to 
northern Uruguay). Lema et al., 1980:42 (south- 
ern Brazil; synonymy). Chao et al., 1982:73 (year- 
round occurrence, coastal habitats in and near 
Lago dos Patos, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil). Volcker 
and Andreata, 1982:223 (Laguna da Tijuca, Rio de 
Janeiro, Brazil; counts, measurements). Lucena 
and Lucena, 1982:55 (northern Brazil to Argen- 
tina). Menni et al., 1984:201 (Uruguay and Argen- 
tina). Chao et al., 1985:433 (Los Patos lagoon, Bra- 
zil; estuarine occurrence). Inada, 1986:316 (Argen- 
tina). Muelbert and Weiss, 1991:48 (Lago dos 
Patos, Brazil; larval distribution). Munroe, 
1992:371, 382 (ID pattern; geographic, bathymet- 
ric distributions). Haimovici et al., 1996:36 (dis- 
tribution and abundance on continental shelf off 
southern Brazil). 
Symphurus bergi Thompson, 1916:414 (original de- 
scription, figure; Montevideo). Devincenzi, 
1920:136 (Rio de La Plata, Brazil, and Uruguay; 
diagnosis; counts and measurements). Devincenzi, 
1924-26:282 (Uruguay; counts, measurements). 
Chabanaud, 1939:26 (American Atlantic, Monte- 
video). Lahille, 1939:203 (Argentina; figure). 
Chiesa, 1945:102 (Argentina, 35° and 38°S). 
Barcellos, 1962b: 12 (Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil). 
Symphurus jenynsii. Devincenzi, 1920:136 (Uruguay; 
counts, measurements). Devincenzi 1924:281 (Uru- 
guay; counts, measurements). Barcellos, 1962a: 12 
(Rio Grande do Sul). Menezes, 1971:61 (Santa 
Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil). 
Symphurus meridionalis Lema and Oliveira, 1977:8 
(original description, figures; Rio Grande do Sul, 
Brazil). Lema et al., 1980:43 (Rio Grande do Sul 
and Porto Belo, Brazil). Lucena and Lucena, 
1982:55 (in part; Brazil; specimen (MCP 8009) pre- 
