The Citharidaeorlargescale flounders are a small familyofflounders 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).
| Citharidae | |
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| Citharoides macrolepis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Clade: | Percomorpha |
| Order: | Pleuronectiformes |
| Suborder: | Pleuronectoidei |
| Family: | Citharidae Günther, 1864 |
| Type genus | |
| Citharus Artedi, 1793 | |
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Taxa include: