Munroe: Systematics of western Atlantic Symphurus 
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55 m; 17 Jun 1957. USNM 316741; 3(124-137); 34°57'N, 
76°08'W; 11 m; 7 Mar 1984. UMML 35225; (144); 34°41'N, 
76°50'W; 11 m; 20 Sep 1959. MCZ 58653; 5(119-133); 
34°37.2'N, 76°38.8'W; 15 m, 29 Mar 1972. USNM 316760; 
2(133-149); 34°35’N, 76°34’W; 11 m; 16 Sep 1983. USNM 
316757; (132); 34°35'N, 77°00'W; 15 m; 6 Mar 1984. USNM 
316756; 3(100-124); 34°34’N, 76°33’W; 14 m; 16 Mar 1982. 
USNM 316738; ( 107); 33°51'N, 78°06'W; 13 m; 18 Sep 1983. 
USNM 316750; (120); 33°48’N, 78°02'W; 12 m; 18 Sep 1983. 
USNM 316743; (158); 33°43'N, 78°11'W; 17 m; 14 Mar 
1982. AMNH 11899; (53.2); Cape Lookout (ca. 34°40'N). 
USNM 15017; 4(52-110); Beaufort Harbor; 11 Dec 1885. 
USNM 51884; 2(78-90); Beaufort; 3-20 Jun 1904. USNM 
58976; 10(32-110); Beaufort. UF 38895; (121); Core Creek, 
Newport River; 16 Apr 1973. USNM 105956; (51); Beau- 
fort, Newport River; 1 Feb 1926. USNM 106352; 5(27-62); 
Beaufort, Fish Creek; 4 Apr 1929. USNM 340444; 196 
specimens; Lower Cape Fear River near Southport, intake 
screens Carolina Power and Light Generating Station; 10 
Apr 1991. USNM 340445; 14 specimens; Lower Cape Fear 
River, marshes behind Baldhead Island; 3-4 Oct 1990. 
USNM 340446; 8(46.0-81.1); Lower Cape Fear River near 
Southport, intake screens Carolina Power and Light Gen- 
erating Station; 15-16 Jan 1991. USNM 341615; 29 speci- 
mens; Masonboro Sound; 20 Jul 1995. USNM 341612; 25 
specimens; Zekes Island; 6 Oct 1992. Uncatalogued mate- 
rial (North Carolina National Estuarine Research Reserve 
Reference Collection; 21 lots; 135 specimens from Walden 
Creek, Masonboro Sound, Masonboro Island Creek, 
Hewletts Creek, Zeke’s Island and Lower Cape Fear River 
Estuary near Southport, in vicinity of Carolina Power and 
Light, Brunswick Steam Electric Plant). South Carolina: 
USNM 91436; 2( 107-116); 33°13’22”N, 79°11’7"W; 9 m; 10 
Jul 1915. USNM 59068; 4(51-80); Cooper River; 5 m; 16 
Jun 1891. USNM 59018; 3(108-135); Cooper River; 9 m; 
16 Jan 1891. USNM 59041; (82); junction of May River 
and Skull Creek; 1891. USNM 59044; (94.4); Cat Island 
Creek; 1891. USNM 59059; (67); Jericho Creek; 1891. 
USNM 26317; (80); Charleston Harbor. USNM 30725; 
(144); Charleston Harbor. FMNH 38320-23; 4(27.3-42.7); 
Charleston Harbor; 9 Jun 1939. Georgia: USNM 131254; 
2(134-155); off Sea Island; 3 m; 17 Mar 1945. USNM 
154957; 2(116-143); 31°35’30"N, 81°01’W; 9 m; 14 Mar 
1940. USNM 154963; 4(114-139); Barbers Bank; 4 m; 19 
Apr 1940. USNM 154969; (138); Umbrella Creek; 10 Aug 
1937. USNM 316751; 21(15-30); Wassaw Sound; 15 Sep 
1980. USNM 316753; 8(15-30); Wassaw Sound; 12 Sep 
1980. USNM 316754; 23(19-25); Wassaw Sound; 15 Oct 
1980. USNM 316752; 3(17-19); Wassaw Sound; 12 Dec 
1980. Florida: UMML 2916; (130); between Jacksonville 
and Brunswick, GA; 68 m; Jan 1956. UMML 35227; 
18(118-152); 30°31’N, 81°22'W; 13 m; 5 Oct 1961. UF 
35471; (151); 29°58.4’N, 81°17.1'W; 14 m; 15 May 1981. 
UF 35486; 29°58.1'N, 81°16.9’W; 14 m; 15 May 1981. 
USNM 154958; (145); 29°35’30"N, 80°59’30"W; 18 m; 28 
Mar 1940. USNM 154956; (134); 29°27'N, 81°05’30"W; 16 
m; 6 Apr 1940. UMML 11198; (141); 29°26'N, 84°54’W; 18 
m; 25 Jul 1958. USNM 154968; ( 154); 28°24’N, 80°24’30'W; 
17 m; 29 Mar 1940. USNM 154959; (158); 28°21’30"N, 
80°21’30"W; 18 m; 4 Apr 1940. USNM 291017; (154); 
28°20'N, 80°32'W; 12 m; 24 Apr 1953. USNM 291337; ( 161 ); 
28°19'N, 80°34'W; 13 m; 1 Dec 1965. UMML 35226; (37.5); 
Vero Beach (ca. 27°40'N); December, 1950. UMML 35222; 
(96.5); Bear Cut, Key Biscayne, 25°43.7'N, 80°09.3’W; 1 
m; 26 Oct 1967. UMML 14210; (146); Biscayne Bay; 28 
May 1963. USNM 265180; 2(20.0-38.7); 2.8 mi south of 
Lower Matecumbe Key; 1 m; 9 Feb 1961. Gulf of Mexico: 
Florida: UMML 6204; 4(56.7-99.5); Florida Bay, Coot Bay 
Canal; 13 Apr 1959. ANSP 94304; (22.2); Marquesas Key; 
1 m; 18 Mar 1954. USNM 107320; 3(94-103); W. Channel 
Entrance, Key West; 14 m; 13 Feb 1902. USNM 107321; 
3(62-103); west of Channel Entrance, Key West; 14 m; 13 
Feb 1902. USNM 134303; 4(62-108); off Key West; 13 m; 
13 Feb 1902. UMML 35224; 3(109-143); 24°50.5'N, 
82°12'W; 26 m; 14 Dec 1962. UF 26740; (135); 24°45'N, 
82°07'W; 20 May 1970. UMML 5193; (108); 24°45-50'N, 
82°10-30'W; July, 1956. USNM 39365; (66); 28°50’N, 
83°00'W; 1887. UF 10295; 5(142-149); 9 mi west of Boca 
Grande Sea Buoy; 15 m; 22-23 Jun 1960. UMML 5723; 
(163); off Boca Grande (ca. 26°50'N); 12 m; 24 May 1959. 
USNM 112524; (41); Sarasota Bay (ca. 27°28'N); 1 Mar 
1951. USNM 43871; 2(58-126); Tampa Bay (ca. 27°40'N). 
USNM 157589; (61.5); Tampa Bay. USNM 67679; 2(85- 
98); Port Tampa; 19 Jan 1898. USNM 160461; 11(52-135); 
Cedar Key Channel, south of Seahorse Island; 5 m; 10 Dec 
1950. VIMS 7315; 16(52.9-83.4); Pinellas County; 1 m; 4 
Jun 1977. USNM 157391; 4(84-92); Pilot Cove; 24 Jun 
1932. USNM 159616; 13(108-129); 29°04'N, 85°49’W; 187 
m; 22 Aug 1957. Mississippi: FMNH 88735; 4(104-124); 
30°09'N, 88°41'W; 16 m; 22 Jun 1963. GCRL V76:15111; 
4(26.3-30.4); 1 mi east of Ocean Springs; 1 m; 9 Jun 1950. 
USNM 72334; (91); Mississippi Sound, off 9 mi Bayou; 23 
Feb 1898. USNM 147779; 2(108-112); Gulf Coast; 1948. 
USNM 157389; 4(74-78); Cat Island; 16 Nov 1931. Ala- 
bama: ALA 2385.29; 4(60.5-87.6); Mobile Bay. VIMS 3852; 
(118); Tidepool, Dauphin Island; 26 Aug 1974. Louisiana: 
USNM 155228; (118); 28°48’30"N, 90°34'W; 18 m; 10 Jul 
1938. UMML 35220; (135); 28°56'N, 91°27'W; 6 m; 11 Apr 
1962. IOH 1311; (142); 27.5-28.5°N, 91-93'W; Jun 1970. 
ANSP 8684; (114); Mississippi Sound. USNM 157386; 
12(106-129); Bastian Island; 3 Jul 1930. USNM 154970; 
( 149); unspecified locality. Texas: ANSP 144732; 2( 73. 1-75.3); 
Port Isabel Ship Channel; 16 Apr 1948. ANSP 144935; 2(48.8- 
61.0) ; Port Isabel Ship Channel; 30 Nov 1947. ANSP 144937; 
(81); Port Isabel Ship Channel; 26 Mar 1948. TCWC 461.3; 
8(42.2-53.3); Galveston; 28 Jul 1975. TCWC 528.1; 7(43.4- 
51.0) ; Galveston; 1 m; 31 Jul 1975. USNM 86136; 2(108- 
127); Galveston; 10 m; 26-27 Feb 1917. USNM 93584; 2( 1 16- 
124); off Corpus Christi. USNM 157376; 2(44—57); Harbor 
Island; 11 Oct 1926. USNM 157378; 2(57-80); Harbor Island; 
1 Dec 1926. Mexico: IBUNAM-P 2830; (28.4); Laguna de 
Sontecomapan, Veracruz; 13 Jun 1985. Cuba: IOH 1310; (117); 
ca. 23°00'N, 83°00'W. IOH 1849; (102); G. Batabano; 31 May 
1983. IOH 1316; 2(103-107); G. Batabano, 5 mi del Surgidero 
de Batabano; 3^4 Sep 1960. IOH 1314; (110); G. Batabano, 
21°46'N, 82°30'W. IOH 789; (67); G. Batabano; 23 Oct 1960. 
Symphurus urospilus 132 specimens (25.0-166 mm SL). 
Counted and measured (55 specimens, 41,3-166 
mm SL). Southeastern United States: South Carolina: 
