''Brachypleura novaezeelandiae'', the yellow-dabbled flounder or yellow citharid, is a

species In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate s ...

of citharid flounder native to the western and central

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. It occurs at depths from and is of minor importance to commercial fisheries. This species grows to a length of . This species is the only known member of the

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...

Brachypleura.

References

* Pleuronectiformes Monotypic marine fish genera Taxa named by Albert Günther {{Pleuronectiformes-stub