A branch of the living world.
110,000 accepted animal species, linked through classification, synonyms, distributions and source literature.
These attributed records come from Catalogue of Life, 2026-09-11. Detail varies; they are not all fully researched, illustrated articles. Browse researched folklore and fiction.
Matches documented source distribution records. Geographic coverage is incomplete.
Family: Paralichthyidae · Clear filter
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Ancylopsetta antillarum Gutherz, 1966 | ParalichthyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ancylopsetta cycloidea Tyler, 1959 | ParalichthyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| three-eye flounderAncylopsetta dilecta (Goode & Bean, 1883) | ParalichthyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| ocellated flounderAncylopsetta quadrocellata Gill, 1864 | ParalichthyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cephalopsetta ventrocellata Dutt & Rao, 1965 | ParalichthyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Veracruz whiffCitharichthys abbotti Dawson, 1969 | ParalichthyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Citharichthys amblybregmatus Gutherz & Blackman, 1970 | ParalichthyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gulf Stream flounderCitharichthys arctifrons Goode, 1880 | ParalichthyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Citharichthys darwini Victor & Wellington, 2013 | ParalichthyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| spined whiffCitharichthys dinoceros Goode & Bean, 1886 | ParalichthyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Citharichthys gnathus Hoshino & Amaoka, 1999 | ParalichthyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| mimic sanddabCitharichthys gordae Beebe & Tee-Van, 1938 | ParalichthyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| spotted whiffCitharichthys macrops Dresel, 1885 | ParalichthyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| five-rayed sanddabCitharichthys mariajorisae van der Heiden & Mussot-Pérez, 1995 | ParalichthyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pacific sanddabCitharichthys sordidus (Girard, 1854) | ParalichthyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| speckled sanddabCitharichthys stigmaeus Jordan & Gilbert, 1882 | ParalichthyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| voodoo whiffCitharichthys uhleri Jordan, 1889 | ParalichthyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| spotfin flounderCyclopsetta fimbriata (Goode & Bean, 1885) | ParalichthyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Panamic flounderCyclopsetta panamensis (Steindachner, 1876) | ParalichthyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| toothed flounderCyclopsetta querna (Jordan & Bollman, 1890) | ParalichthyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Etropus ciadi van der Heiden & Plascencia González, 2005 | ParalichthyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| fringed flounderEtropus crossotus Jordan & Gilbert, 1882 | ParalichthyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Etropus delsmani Chabanaud, 1940 | ParalichthyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Etropus ectenes Jordan, 1889 | ParalichthyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Etropus longimanus Norman, 1933 | ParalichthyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| smallmouth flounderEtropus microstomus (Gill, 1864) | ParalichthyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Peruvian flounderEtropus peruvianus Hildebrand, 1946 | ParalichthyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| gray flounderEtropus rimosus Goode & Bean, 1885 | ParalichthyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| shrimp flounderGastropsetta frontalis Bean, 1895 | ParalichthyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| spotted flounderHippoglossina bollmani Gilbert, 1890 | ParalichthyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hippoglossina macrops Steindachner, 1876 | ParalichthyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hippoglossina montemaris de Buen, 1961 | ParalichthyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hippoglossina mystacium Ginsburg, 1936 | ParalichthyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| four-spotted flounderHippoglossina oblonga (Mitchill, 1815) | ParalichthyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bigmouth flounderHippoglossina stomata Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1890 | ParalichthyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| foureye flounderHippoglossina tetrophthalma (Gilbert, 1890) | ParalichthyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Paralichthys adspersus (Steindachner, 1867) | ParalichthyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cortez halibutParalichthys aestuarius Gilbert & Scofield, 1898 | ParalichthyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gulf flounderParalichthys albigutta Jordan & Gilbert, 1882 | ParalichthyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Paralichthys brasiliensis (Ranzani, 1842) | ParalichthyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| California halibutParalichthys californicus (Ayres, 1859) | ParalichthyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Paralichthys delfini Pequeño & Plaza, 1987 | ParalichthyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| northern flukeParalichthys dentatus (Linnaeus, 1766) | ParalichthyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Paralichthys fernandezianus Steindachner, 1903 | ParalichthyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Paralichthys isosceles Jordan, 1891 | ParalichthyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| southern flounderParalichthys lethostigma Jordan & Gilbert, 1884 | ParalichthyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Paralichthys microps (Günther, 1881) | ParalichthyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Summer flounderParalichthys olivaceus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846) | ParalichthyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Paralichthys orbignyanus (Valenciennes, 1839) | ParalichthyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Paralichthys patagonicus Jordan, 1889 | ParalichthyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Source and selection
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Pape, T., Hobern, D., Garnett, S., Little, H., DeWalt, R. E., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Aedo, C., Aescht, E., et al. (2026). Catalogue of Life (Version 2026-09-11). Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgz5n
First records in source order under phylum quotas, then source-order overflow if a quota is short. This is a selective snapshot. Source name strings can include author names, which are also searchable.