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Citharidae

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
FAMILY

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
order
Pleuronectiformes
family
Citharidae

Name

Homonyms
Citharidae
Common names
Citharid Flounders in English
Large-scale Flounders in English
Largescale Flounders in English
Lyre Flatfishes in English
citharids in English
cithartids in English
cithartids in English
isosilmäkampelat in Finnish
lyre flatfishes in English
lyre flatfishes in English
platušicovití in Czech
Цитаровые in Russian
Цитарові in Ukrainian
ปลาซีกเดียวครีบจุด ฯลฯ in Thai
コケビラメ科 in Japanese
棘鮃亞科 in Chinese
棘鮃科 in Chinese
コケビラメ科 in Japanese
citharids in English
コケビラメ科 in Japanese

Bibliographic References

  1. Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp.
  2. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2012 version.
  3. FishBase
  4. Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2026). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2026.
  5. Nelson, Joseph S., 1994: null. Fishes of the World, Third Edition. xvii + 600.
  6. Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes.
  7. Robins, Richard C., Reeve M. Bailey, Carl E. Bond, James R. Brooker, Ernest A. Lachner, et al., 1991: World Fishes Important to North Americans Exclusive of Species from the Continental Waters of the United States and Canada. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 21. 243.
  8. Shiino, Sueo M., 1976: List of Common Names of Fishes of the World, Those Prevailing among English-speaking Nations. Science Report of Shima Marineland, no. 4. 262.
  9. Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230.
  10. Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230.
  11. van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374
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