Citharidae

Updated on Dec 18, 2024

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Kingdom Animalia Suborder Pleuronectoidei Rank Family		Class Actinopterygii Phylum Chordata Order Flatfish

Similar Scophthalmidae, Flatfish, Bothidae, Melanonus, Mexican golden tr

The Citharidae are a small family of flounders. Three genera are restricted to the Indo-Pacific, while Citharus is from the Mediterranean and East Atlantic (off northwest Africa). There are a total of seven species. Species reach lengths ranging between 14 and 36 centimetres (5.5 and 14.2 in).

Taxa include:

Subfamily Brachypleurinae

Genus Brachypleura

Brachypleura novaezeelandiae – yellow-dabbled flounder

Genus Lepidoblepharon

Lepidoblepharon ophthalmolepis – scale-eyed flounder

Subfamily Citharinae

Genus Citharoides

Citharoides axillaris

Citharoides macrolepidotus – branched ray flounder

Citharoides macrolepis – twospot largescale flounder

Citharoides orbitalis

Genus Citharus

Citharus linguatula – spotted flounder

References

Citharidae Wikipedia

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