The Citharidae or largescale flounders are a small

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s with four genera. Three genera are restricted to the

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Citharus ''Citharus linguatula'', the spotted flounder or Atlantic spotted flounder, is a species of fish in the Citharidae, a family of flounders. It is native to the eastern Atlantic Ocean (off northwest Africa) and the Mediterranean Sea, where it is f ...

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and East Atlantic (off northwest Africa). There are a total of seven species. Species reach lengths ranging between . 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 ''Fishes of the World'' by the American ichthyologist Joseph S. Nelson (1937–2011) is a standard reference for fish systematics. Now in its fifth edition (2016), the work is a comprehensive overview of the diversity and classification of the ...

''. John Wiley & Sons, 2006, .

External links

* {{Taxonbar, from=Q378142 Pleuronectiformes Marine fish families Taxa named by Albert Günther