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).
Taxa include:
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).
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
