Citharidae Explained

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 14cmand36cmcm (06inchesand14inchescm).

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, .