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Largescale Flounders
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Largescale Flounders

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 centimetres (5.5 and 14.2 in).

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5 branches of this family, most-observed first · about 6 known species

Citharus

genusCitharus

Paracitharus

genusParacitharus

Citharoides

genusCitharoides

Lepidoblepharon

genusLepidoblepharon

Laiopteryx

genusLaiopteryx

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