WoRMS taxon details
Citharoides macrolepis (Gilchrist, 1904)
215600 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:215600)
accepted
Species
Arnoglossus macrolepis Gilchrist, 1904 · unaccepted
Paracitharus macrolepis (Gilchrist, 1904) · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Arnoglossus macrolepis Gilchrist, 1904) Gilchrist, J. D. F. (1904). Descriptions of new South African fishes. <em>Marine Investigations in South Africa.</em> v. 3: 1-16, Pls. 19-36. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Citharoides macrolepis (Gilchrist, 1904). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215600 on 2026-07-10
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Arnoglossus macrolepis Gilchrist, 1904) Gilchrist, J. D. F. (1904). Descriptions of new South African fishes. <em>Marine Investigations in South Africa.</em> v. 3: 1-16, Pls. 19-36. [details]
basis of record MacNae, W., Kalk, M. (eds). (1958). A natural history of Inhaca Island, Mozambique. Witwatersrand University Press, Johannesburg. I-iv, 163 pp. [details]
basis of record MacNae, W., Kalk, M. (eds). (1958). A natural history of Inhaca Island, Mozambique. Witwatersrand University Press, Johannesburg. I-iv, 163 pp. [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | twospot largescale flounder [from synonym] | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (10 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Paracitharus macrolepis (Gilchrist, 1904))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Arnoglossus macrolepis Gilchrist, 1904)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Citharoides macrolepis)
To FishBase (from synonym Paracitharus macrolepis (Gilchrist, 1904))
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Arnoglossus macrolepis Gilchrist, 1904)
To GenBank (51 nucleotides; 54 proteins) (from synonym Arnoglossus macrolepis Gilchrist, 1904)
To GenBank (51 nucleotides; 54 proteins)
To GenBank (51 nucleotides; 54 proteins) (from synonym Paracitharus macrolepis (Gilchrist, 1904))
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient) (from synonym Paracitharus macrolepis (Gilchrist, 1904))
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Paracitharus macrolepis (Gilchrist, 1904))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Arnoglossus macrolepis Gilchrist, 1904)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Citharoides macrolepis)
To FishBase (from synonym Paracitharus macrolepis (Gilchrist, 1904))
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Arnoglossus macrolepis Gilchrist, 1904)
To GenBank (51 nucleotides; 54 proteins) (from synonym Arnoglossus macrolepis Gilchrist, 1904)
To GenBank (51 nucleotides; 54 proteins)
To GenBank (51 nucleotides; 54 proteins) (from synonym Paracitharus macrolepis (Gilchrist, 1904))
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient) (from synonym Paracitharus macrolepis (Gilchrist, 1904))
To ITIS
