Citharidae

Summary

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).

Citharidae
Citharoides macrolepis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Clade: Percomorpha
Order: Pleuronectiformes
Suborder: Pleuronectoidei
Family: Citharidae
Günther, 1864
Type genus
Citharus
Artedi, 1793
Subfamilies
  • Brachypleurinae
  • Citharinae

Taxa include:

References edit

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

External links edit

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