Blackstripe tonguefish  (Symphurus melasmatotheca)

Taxonomy of Fishes

• Osteichthyes - Bony fishes->

  • Actinistia - Lobe-finned fishes->
  • Actinopteri - Ray-finned fishes->

    • Perciformes - Perches->
    • Cypriniformes - Carps->
    • Esociformes - Pikes->
    • Salmoniformes - Salmons and Trouts->
    • Siluriformes - Catfishes->
    • Scorpaeniformes - Mail-cheeked fishes->
    • Gasterosteiformes - Sticklebacks->
    • Gadiformes - Cods->
    • Anguilliformes - Eels and morays->
    • Clupeiformes - Herrings->
    • Syngnathiformes - Pipefishes and Seahorses->
    • Gobiiformes - Gobies->
    • Mugiliformes - Mullets->
    • Carangiformes - Jacks->
    • Beloniformes - Needlefishes->
    • Labriformes - Wrasses->
    • Scombriformes - Mackerels->
    • Mulliformes - Goatfishes->
    • Pleuronectiformes - Flatfishes->

      • Pleuronectidae - Righteye flounders->
      • Soleidae - Soles->
      • Paralichthyidae - Large-tooth flounders->
      • Scophthalmidae - Turbots->
      • Bothidae - Lefteye flounders->
      • Cyclopsettidae - Cyclopsettidae->
      • Achiridae - American soles->
      • Achiropsettidae - Southern flounders->
      • Citharidae - Citharids->
      • Cynoglossidae - Tonguefishes->

        • Cynoglossus - Cynoglossus->
        • Paraplagusia - Paraplagusia->
        • Symphurus - Symphurus->

          • Symphurus arabicus (Symphurus arabicus)
          • Caribbean tonguefish (Symphurus arawak)
          • Inkspot tonguefish (Symphurus atramentatus)
          • California tonguefish (Symphurus atricauda)
          • Deepwater tongue sole (Symphurus australis)
          • Symphurus bathyspilus (Symphurus bathyspilus)
          • Kriete’s tonguefish (Symphurus billykrietei)
          • Short-headed tonguefish (Symphurus brachycephalus)
          • Chocolate tonguefish (Symphurus callopterus)
          • Symphurus caribbeanus (Symphurus caribbeanus)
          • Chabanaud’s tonguefish (Symphurus chabanaudi)
          • Offshore tonguefish (Symphurus civitatum)
          • Devil’s tonguefish (Symphurus diabolicus)
          • Spottedfin tonguefish (Symphurus diomedeanus)
          • Elongate tonguefish (Symphurus elongatus)
          • Symphurus fallax (Symphurus fallax)
          • Banded tongue-fish (Symphurus fasciolaris)
          • Symphurus fuscus (Symphurus fuscus)
          • Symphurus gilesii (Symphurus gilesii)
          • Ginsburg’s tonguefish (Symphurus ginsburgi)
          • Gorgonian tonguefish (Symphurus gorgonae)
          • Symphurus hernandezi (Symphurus hernandezi)
          • Symphurus holothuriae (Symphurus holothuriae)
          • Symphurus hondoensis (Symphurus hondoensis)
          • Hong’s tonguefish (Symphurus hongae)
          • Symphurus insularis (Symphurus insularis)
          • Jenyn’s tonguefish (Symphurus jenynsi)
          • Symphurus kyaropterygium (Symphurus kyaropterygium)
          • Lee’s tonguefish (Symphurus leeorum)
          • Slender tonguefish (Symphurus leptosomus)
          • Symphurus leucochilus (Symphurus leucochilus)
          • Elongate tonguesole (Symphurus ligulatus)
          • Long-snout tonguefish (Symphurus longirostris)
          • Symphurus lubbocki (Symphurus lubbocki)
          • Symphurus luzonensis (Symphurus luzonensis)
          • Symphurus macrophthalmus (Symphurus macrophthalmus)
          • Symphurus maculopinnis (Symphurus maculopinnis)
          • Symphurus maldivensis (Symphurus maldivensis)
          • Margined tonguefish (Symphurus marginatus)
          • Symphurus marmoratus (Symphurus marmoratus)
          • Giant tonguefish (Symphurus megasomus)
          • Drab tonguefish (Symphurus melanurus)
          • Blackstripe tonguefish (Symphurus melasmatotheca)
          • Smallfin tonguefish (Symphurus microlepis)
          • Symphurus microrhynchus (Symphurus microrhynchus)
          • Largescale tonguefish (Symphurus minor)
          • Spotbelly tonguefish (Symphurus monostigmus)
          • Pepperdot tonguefish (Symphurus multimaculatus)
          • Freckled tonguefish (Symphurus nebulosus)
          • Tonguesole (Symphurus nigrescens)
          • Norman’s tonguesole (Symphurus normani)
          • Symphurus novemfasciatus (Symphurus novemfasciatus)
          • Ringtail tonguefish (Symphurus ocellaris)
          • Double-spot tonguesole (Symphurus ocellatus)
          • Symphurus oculellus (Symphurus oculellus)
          • Spotfin tonguefish (Symphurus oligomerus)
          • Ocellated tonguefish (Symphurus ommaspilus)
          • Pygmy tongue-sole (Symphurus orientalis)
          • Sharpnose tonguefish (Symphurus oxyrhynchus)
          • Pygmy tonguefish (Symphurus parvus)
          • Longtail tonguefish (Symphurus pelicanus)
          • Deepwater tonguefish (Symphurus piger)
          • Blackcheek tonguefish (Symphurus plagiusa)
          • Duskycheek tonguefish (Symphurus plagusia)
          • Small-scale tonguefish (Symphurus polylepis)
          • Halfstriped tonguefish (Symphurus prolatinaris)
          • Northern tonguefish (Symphurus pusillus)
          • Symphurus regani (Symphurus regani)
          • Symphurus reticulatus (Symphurus reticulatus)
          • Patchtail tonguefish (Symphurus rhytisma)
          • Robust tonguefish (Symphurus robustus)
          • Symphurus sayademalhensis (Symphurus sayademalhensis)
          • Symphurus schultzi (Symphurus schultzi)
          • Sevenband tonguesole (Symphurus septemstriatus)
          • Blotchfin tonguefish (Symphurus stigmosus)
          • Blackbelly tonguesole (Symphurus strictus)
          • Symphurus tessellatus (Symphurus tessellatus)
          • Western Pacific tonguefish (Symphurus thermophilus)
          • Trewavas’ tonguefish (Symphurus trewavasae)
          • Threeband tonguesole (Symphurus trifasciatus)
          • Symphurus undatus (Symphurus undatus)
          • Dark cheek tongue (Symphurus undecimplerus)
          • Spottail tonguefish (Symphurus urospilus)
          • Vanmelle’s tonguefish (Symphurus vanmelleae)
          • Symphurus variegatus (Symphurus variegatus)
          • Mottled tonguefish (Symphurus varius)
          • William’s tonguefish (Symphurus williamsi)
          • Symphurus woodmasoni (Symphurus woodmasoni)
      • Oncopteridae - Remo flounders->
      • Paralichthodidae - Peppered flounders->
      • Poecilopsettidae - Bigeye flounders->
      • Psettodidae - Psettodids->
      • Rhombosoleidae - South Pacific flounders->
      • Samaridae - Crested flounders->
    • Aulopiformes - Grinners->
    • Blenniiformes - Blennies->
    • Cyprinodontiformes - Toothcarps->
    • Osmeriformes - Smelts->
    • Centrarchiformes - Basses and sunfishes->
    • Cichliformes - Cichlids->
    • Characiformes - Characins->
    • Osteoglossiformes - Bony tongues->
    • Elopiformes - Tarpons and tenpounders->
    • Anabantiformes - Gouramies and snakeheads->
    • Gymnotiformes - South American knifefish->
    • Istiophoriformes - Barracudas->
    • Albuliformes - Bonefishes->
    • Lepidogalaxiiformes - Salamanderfishes->
    • Lophiiformes - Anglerfishes->
    • Spariformes - Breams and porgies->
    • Trachiniformes - Weeverfishes->
    • Moroniformes - Temperate basses->
    • Acanthuriformes - Surgeonfishes->
    • Zeiformes - Dories->
    • Tetraodontiformes - Puffers and filefishes->
    • Holocentriformes - Squirrelfishes->
    • Dactylopteriformes - Flying gurnards->
    • Lampriformes - Lamprids->
    • Galaxiiformes - Southern smelts->
    • Batrachoidiformes - Toadfishes->
    • Hiodontiformes - Mooneyes->
    • Percopsiformes - Trout-perches->
    • Callionymiformes - Dragonets->
    • Atheriniformes - Silversides->
    • Notacanthiformes - Spiny eels->
    • Saccopharyngiformes - Swallowers and Gulpers->
    • Alepocephaliformes - Slickheads and tubeshoulders->
    • Gonorynchiformes - Milkfishes->
    • Argentiniformes - Marine smelts->
    • Stomiiformes - Lightfishes and dragonfishes->
    • Ateleopodiformes - Jellynose fishes->
    • Myctophiformes - Lanternfishes->
    • Stylephoriformes - Tube-eyes->
    • Polymixiiformes - Beardfishes->
    • Beryciformes - Sawbellies->
    • Trachichthyiformes - Rughies->
    • Ophidiiformes - Cusk-eels->
    • Kurtiformes - Nurseryfishes & Cardinalfishes->
    • Synbranchiformes - Swamp eels->
    • Gobiesociformes - Clingfishes->
    • Acropomatiformes - Oceanic basses->
  • Cladistii - Bichirs->
  • Dipnoi - Lungfishes->
  • Chondrostei - Sturgeons and Paddlefishes->
  • Holostei - Gars and Bowfins->
• Chondrichthyes - Cartilaginous fishes->
• Agnatha - Jawless fishes->