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Citharichthys darwini Victor & Wellington, 2013

Source-backed taxonomic record

Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Citharichthys darwini Victor & Wellington, 2013
Name authority
Victor & Wellington, 2013
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Teleostei
Order
Pleuronectiformes
Family
Paralichthyidae
Genus
Citharichthys
Extinction status
Not supplied by this source

Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.

Classification family tree

Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumChordata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. infraphylumGnathostomata
  6. parvphylumOsteichthyes
  7. gigaclassActinopterygii
  8. superclassActinopteri
  9. classTeleostei
  10. orderPleuronectiformes
  11. suborderPleuronectoidei
  12. familyParalichthyidae Regan, 1910
  13. genusCitharichthys Bleeker, 1862
  14. speciesCitharichthys darwini Victor & Wellington, 2013

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Citharichthys. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Gulf Stream flounderCitharichthys arctifrons Goode, 1880ParalichthyidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Veracruz whiffCitharichthys abbotti Dawson, 1969ParalichthyidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Citharichthys amblybregmatus Gutherz & Blackman, 1970ParalichthyidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
spined whiffCitharichthys dinoceros Goode & Bean, 1886ParalichthyidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Citharichthys gnathus Hoshino & Amaoka, 1999ParalichthyidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
mimic sanddabCitharichthys gordae Beebe & Tee-Van, 1938ParalichthyidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
spotted whiffCitharichthys macrops Dresel, 1885ParalichthyidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
five-rayed sanddabCitharichthys mariajorisae van der Heiden & Mussot-Pérez, 1995ParalichthyidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Pacific sanddabCitharichthys sordidus (Girard, 1854)ParalichthyidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
speckled sanddabCitharichthys stigmaeus Jordan & Gilbert, 1882ParalichthyidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
voodoo whiffCitharichthys uhleri Jordan, 1889ParalichthyidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied

Browse 91 records assigned to Paralichthyidae.

Source literature & publication evidence

References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.

  1. Victor, B. C., & Wellington, G. M. (2013). Citharichthys darwini n. sp., a new endemic flatfish from the Galápagos Archipelago (Teleostei: Pleuronectiformes: Paralichthyidae). Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation, 6. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references

Origins, evidence & remaining research

Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.

Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.

Dataset citation & attribution

This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11

Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.

Stable key: col:5YWH8. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.