Symphurus melanurus Clark, 1936 .

Drab Tonguefish. To 24.1 cm (9.5 in) TL (Amezcua and Aguirre 2007). Southern Baja California (25°18’N, 112°11’W) (Personal communication: Scripps Institution of Oceanography Fish Collection, La Jolla, California) to northern Peru (Chirichigno and Vélez 1998), including southern Gulf of California (Munroe et al. in Fischer et al. 1995). Benthic; marine and brackish waters (Munroe et al. in Fischer et al. 1995); depth: 1–65 m (3–213 ft) (min.: Munroe et al. in Fischer et al. 1995; max.: Vargas et al. 2020).