Citharoides Macrolepidotus
''Citharoides'' is a genus of citharid flounders native to the Indian Ocean, Indian and West Pacific Oceans. Species The currently recognized species in this genus are: * ''Citharoides macrolepidotus'' Carl Leavitt Hubbs, C. L. Hubbs, 1915 (branched-ray flounder) * ''Citharoides macrolepis'' (John Dow Fisher Gilchrist, Gilchrist, 1904) (twospot largescale flounder) * ''Citharoides orbitalis'' Koichi Hoshino, Hoshino, 2000 References

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Carl Leavitt Hubbs
Carl Leavitt Hubbs (October 19, 1894 – June 30, 1979) was an American ichthyologist. Biography Early life Carl Leavitt Hubbs was born in Williams, Arizona, to Charles Leavitt and Elizabeth () Hubbs. His father had a wide variety of jobs (farmer, iron mine owner, newspaper owner). The family moved several times before settling in San Diego where he got his first taste of natural history. After his parents divorced in 1907, he lived with his mother, who opened a private school in Redondo Beach, California. His maternal grandmother Jane Goble Goss, one of the first female doctors, showed Hubbs how to harvest shellfish and other sea creatures. One of his teachers, impressed by Hubbs's abilities in science, recommended that he study chemistry at the University of Berkeley. The family moved once more to Los Angeles. In Los Angeles, George Bliss Culver, one of the many volunteers of David Starr Jordan, encouraged Hubbs to abandon his study of birds and instead to study fish, part ...
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