Citharichthys oranensis Arambourg 1927 (flatfish)

Osteichthyes - Pleuronectiformes - Paralichthyidae

Full reference: C. Arambourg. 1927. Les Poissons fossiles d'Oran. Materiaux Pour la Carte Geologique de l'Algerie, 1re Serie, Paleontologie 6:1-298

Belongs to Citharichthys according to C. Arambourg 1927

Sister taxa: Citharichthys parvisulcus, Citharichthys sordidus, Citharichthys stigmaeus, Citharichthys varians, Citharichthys vergens, Citharichthys xanthostigma

Type specimen: Its type locality is Raz-el-Ain, which is in a Messinian marine horizon in the Raz-el-Ain Formation of Algeria

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Raz-el-Ain

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