| description of a new cryptic, shallow-water tonguefish (pleuronectiformes: cynoglossidae: symphurus) from the western north pacific ocean. | combined results based on morphological characters and analyses of partial sequences of the 16s rrna and coi genes confirm the validity of a new, cryptic, symphurine tonguefish from the western north pacific ocean. symphurus leucochilus n. sp., a diminutive species reaching sizes to c. 67 mm standard length, is described from nine specimens that were collected from fish-landing ports and from trawls made at c. 150 m off taiwan and japan. symphurus leucochilus shares many similar features with th ... | 2014 | 25040425 |