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Symphurus plagiusa (Linnaeus, 1766) 
(Figs. 9B, 50-51; Tables 1-10, 30-31) 
Blackcheek tomguefish 
Pleuronectes plagiusa Linnaeus, 1766:455 (original 
description; Charleston, South Carolina). 
Plagusia fasciata DeKay, 1842:304 (original descrip- 
tion based on unpublished illustration by Holbrook; 
South Carolina). Storer, 1846:480 (after Holbrook). 
Glossichthys plagiusa. Gill, 1861:51 (new combination). 
Apionichthys plagiusa. Gunther, 1862:490 (based on 
misinterpretation of Linnaeus’ Pleuronectes 
plagiusa). 
Plagusia plagiusa. Gill, 1864:215 (substitute for 
Pleuronectes Linnaeus). ( Plagusia unavailable, 
preoccupied in Crustacea). 
Aphoristia ornata (not of Lacepede, 1802). Goode and 
Bean, 1885a: 196 (substitution name based on mis- 
interpretation of collection information associated 
with Linnaean holotype). 
Aphoristia fasciata. Jordan, 1885:395 (following 
Goode and Bean’s (1885b) rejection of Linnaean ho- 
lotype; suggested Aphoristia (-Plagusia) fasciata 
Holbrook in DeKay, 1842, as proper senior synonym). 
Aphoristia plagiusa. Jordan, 1886a:53 ( synonymized 
with Aphoristia ornata Poey ( -S . tessellatus) from 
Cuba). Bean, 1891:83 (Chesapeake Bay, Virginia). 
Symphurus plagiusa. Jordan and Goss, 1889:325 
(synonymy, in key; discussion of nomenclature). 
Jordan and Evermann, 1898:2710 (synonymy, in 
key; counts, measurements, distribution). Ever- 
mann and Marsh, 1900:332 (in key; comparison 
with S. plagusia Bloch and Schneider). Linton, 
1905:330, 415 (North Carolina; food habits, para- 
sites). Hildebrand and Schroeder, 1928:177 (Chesa- 
peake Bay; synonymy, redescription, figure; brief 
ecological notes). Hildebrand and Cable, 1930:476 
(in part, more than one species included in descrip- 
tion) (North Carolina; description of larval stages). 
Gunter, 1945:88 (Texas; temperature, salinity 
ranges; size distribution). Chabanaud, 1949:87 
(compared with S. plagusia). Ginsburg, 1951:195; 
(in part, includes specimens of S. tessellatus from 
Cuba) (New York to Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico; 
redescription, counts, measurements, photograph). 
Siebenhaler, 1952:96 (eastern Florida, presence in 
shrimp bycatch). Reid, 1954:67 (Cedar Key, Florida; 
seasonal occurrence; temperature, salinity records; 
substrate preference; food habits). Hildebrand, 
1954:297 (Texas; relative abundance on brown 
shrimp grounds). Hildebrand, 1955:204 (Gulf of 
Campeche, Mexico; occurrence on pink shrimp 
grounds). Simmons, 1957:188 (Laguna Madre, 
Texas; occurrence, salinity distribution). Briggs, 
1958:298 (listed, Florida; geographic distribution 
New York to Argentina (40°S) and Gulf of Mexico). 
Springer and Woodburn, 1960:87 (Tampa Bay, 
Florida; seasonal occurrence; ecological distribu- 
tion; diet). Dawson, 1962:138 (anomalies), de Sylva 
et al., 1962:130 (Delaware River estuary; absent 
in shore zone collections; rare in ichthyoplankton 
collections). Dawson, 1965:279 (Gulf of Mexico; 
