Citharichthys

{{Short description|Genus of fishes}}

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| fossil_range = {{fossilrange|20|0}}
Late Miocene to Present{{cite journal |last=Sepkoski |first=Jack |title=A compendium of fossil marine animal genera |journal=Bulletins of American Paleontology |volume=364 |page=560 |date=2002 |url=http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=611&rank=class |accessdate=2008-01-08 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090220223520/http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=611&rank=class

|archivedate=2009-02-20 }}

| image = Citharichthys sordidus.jpg

| image_caption = Pacific sanddab, Citharichthys sordidus

| taxon = Citharichthys

| authority = Bleeker, 1862

| type_species = Citharichthys cayennensis

| type_species_authority = Bleeker, 1862

| synonyms = *Metoponops Gill, 1864

• Neoetropus Hildebrand & Schroeder, 1928
• Orthopsetta Gill, 1862

}}

Citharichthys is a genus of flatfish in the large-tooth flounder family, Paralichthyidae. They have both eyes on the left sides of their heads. They are native to the oceans around the Americas, with a single species, C. stampflii off the West African coast. Most are found in relatively shallow depths, but the genus also includes species found in deep water (down to at least {{convert|2000|m|ft|abbr=on|disp=or}}){{FishBase | genus = Citharichthys | species= dinoceros | month = May | year = 2014}} and species that enter fresh water.{{FishBase | genus = Citharichthys | species= stampflii | month = May | year = 2014}}{{FishBase | genus = Citharichthys | species= uhleri | month = May | year = 2014}}

Various species known as sanddab, whiff, and flounder are in this genus, and the most common species is the Pacific sanddab, Citharichthys sordidus. They are a dull light-brown, and are mottled with brown or black, sometimes with yellow or orange. The largest species reaches {{convert|41|cm|abbr=on}} in length.