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Citharidae

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Suborder
  
Pleuronectoidei

Rank
  
Family

Class
  
Actinopterygii

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Flatfish

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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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