Family Citharidae - Citharids
  Order
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  Class
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Actinopterygii
No. in FishBase
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Genera : 4 | Species : 6 Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes
  Environment
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Fresh : No | Brackish : No | Marine : Yes
  Division
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Marine
  Aquarium
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none
  First Fossil Record
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  Remark
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Distribution: Mediterranean, Indian Ocean and Japan to Australia. Eyes on either side of the head. A single spine and five soft rays in pelvic fins; pelvics equally developed and short based. Dorsal fin origin at posterior nostril of blind side; pectoral fins well developed. Branchiostegal membranes not united. Lateral line present on both sides. Anus on eyed side. Vertebrae 10 + 24-25. The status of the genera Citharus versus Eucitharus needs clarification.
  Etymology
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Latin, cithara = zither ( Ref. 45335).
  Reproductive guild
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nonguarders
  Typical activity level
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sluggish
  Main Ref
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  Coordinator
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  Deep Fin Classification
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Osteichthyes | Actinopterygii | Actinopteri | Neopterygii | Teleostei | Osteoglossocephalai | Clupeocephala | Euteleosteomorpha | Neoteleostei | Eurypterygia | Ctenosquamata | Acanthomorphata | Euacanthomorphacea | Percomorphaceae | Carangimorpharia | Pleuronectiformes | Pleuronectoidei | Citharidae

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Species/Synonymy list for the family Citharidae as currently in FishBase

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In the column CofF, the digit indicates the status of synchronization with CofF: 0: Not checked; 1: Same status;   2: Different status;   3: Other combination;   4: Synonym in CofF;   5: Species/Subspecies issue;   6: Synonym of another species in CofF;   7: Not in CofF;   8: Should not be in CofF. The CofF version currently used is the one published on 23-07-2014 (Ref. 97102).

The list ordered as follows:

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Scientifc name Status Senior/Junior synonym Combination CofF
Citharinae
Citharus linguatula (Linnaeus, 1758)
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal2
Eucitharus linguatula (Linnaeus, 1758)
synonymseniornew
synonymjuniororiginal2
synonymjuniornew
Pleuronectes citharus Spinola, 1807
synonymjuniororiginal2
ambiguousotheroriginal2
acceptedseniororiginal2
synonymjuniororiginal2
Citharoides axillaris (Fowler, 1934)
synonymjuniornew
Citharoides macrolepis (Gilchrist, 1904)
acceptedseniornew
Arnoglossus macrolepis Gilchrist, 1904
synonymseniororiginal2
Paracitharus macrolepis (Gilchrist, 1904)
synonymseniornew
Citharoides orbitalis Hoshino, 2000
acceptedseniororiginal2
Brachypleurinae
acceptedseniororiginal2
synonymseniororiginal
synonymseniororiginal
synonymseniororiginal
synonymjuniororiginal2
acceptedseniororiginal2
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