Citharidae

Citharidae
Citharoides macrolepis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Pleuronectiformes
Suborder:	Pleuronectoidei
Family:	Citharidae
Genera
Brachypleura Citharoides Citharus Lepidoblepharon See text for species

The Citharidae are a small family of flounders. They are found in the Mediterranean Sea, the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific from Japan to Australia.

Species reach lengths ranging between14 to 36 cm.

Species

• Genus Brachypleura (Günther, 1862)
  • Brachypleura novaezeelandiae (Günther, 1862)
• Genus Citharoides (Hubbs 1915)
  • Citharoides axillaris (Fowler, 1934)
  • Citharoides macrolepidotus (Hubbs, 1915)
  • Citharoides macrolepis (Gilchrist, 1904)
  • Citharoides orbitalis (Hoshino, 2000)
• Genus Citharus (Artedi 1793)
  • Citharus linguatula (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Genus Lepidoblepharon (Weber 1913)
  • Lepidoblepharon ophthalmolepis (Weber, 1913)

References

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

External links

• Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2009). "Citharidae" in FishBase. October 2009 version.