Citharidae

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 cm.

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