The Citharidae or largescale flounders are a small family of flounders with four genera. 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

  • Joseph S. Nelson: Fishes of the World. John Wiley & Sons, 2006, ISBN 0-471-25031-7.

External links

  • Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Family Citharidae". FishBase. October 2012 version.

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