Citharidae

{{Short description|Family of flatfishes}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Citharoides_macrolepis.JPG

| image_caption = Citharoides macrolepis

| taxon = Citharidae

| authority = de Buen, 1935

| display_parents = 3

| type_genus = Citharus

| type_genus_authority = Artedi, 1793

| subdivision_ranks = Subfamilies

| subdivision =

• Brachypleurinae
• Citharinae

}}

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 {{convert|14|and|36|cm|in}}.{{Cite web |title=WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Citharidae de Buen, 1935 |url=https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125577 |access-date=2025-02-01 |website=www.marinespecies.org |language=en}}

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