Osteichthyes - Pleuronectiformes - Citharidae
Synonym: Eucitharidae Romer 1966
Parent taxon: Pleuronectoidei according to R. van der Laan 2019
See also Betancur et al. 2013, Casier 1966 and Nelson et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Achiridae, Achiropsettidae, Bothidae, Cynoglossidae, Joleaudichthyidae, Paralichthodidae, Paralichthyidae, Pleuronectidae, Poecilopsettidae, Rhombosoleidae, Samaridae, Scophthalmidae, Soleidae, Soleoidae
Subtaxa: Citharus Eucitharus Rhombocitharus
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Greece (2 collections)
• Miocene of Czechia (2), France (4), Italy (2), New Zealand (5)
• Waitakian of New Zealand (1)
• Oligocene of Belgium (1), France (1), Germany (1), Hungary (2)
• Eocene of France (1), Germany (1), United States (5: Alabama, Louisiana, Texas)
Total: 28 collections including 31 occurrences