Biology:Cyclopsettidae
Cyclopsettidae is a family of flatfish primarily native to the coastlines of the Americas, with a few species found off the western coast of Africa. Members of this family were previously placed in Paralichthyidae until a 2019 study, which found this placement to be paraphyletic, and described a new family for them. The closest relatives of the Cyclopsettidae are thought to be the Bothidae, based on both genetic and morphological data.[1][2]
The following genera are placed in this family:[3]
- Citharichthys Bleeker, 1862
- Cyclopsetta Gill, 1889
- Etropus Jordan & Gilbert, 1882
- Syacium Ranzani, 1842
Several species are important commercial and game fishes, such as the Pacific sanddab, Citharichthys sordidus.
The earliest known fossil remains of the Cyclopsettidae are Late Eocene-aged fossil otoliths assigned to Citharichthys altissimus from Louisiana, USA.[4]
References
- ↑ Campbell, Matthew A.; Chanet, Bruno; Chen, Jhen-Nien; Lee, Mao-Ying; Chen, Wei-Jen (2019). "Origins and relationships of the Pleuronectoidei: Molecular and morphological analysis of living and fossil taxa" (in en). Zoologica Scripta 48 (5): 640–656. doi:10.1111/zsc.12372. ISSN 1463-6409. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/zsc.12372.
- ↑ Fricke, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Van der Laan, R. (2025). "ESCHMEYER'S CATALOG OF FISHES: CLASSIFICATION" (in en). https://www.calacademy.org/eschmeyers-catalog-of-fishes-classification.
- ↑ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron; van der Laan, Richard, eds. "Genera in the family Cyclopsettidae". California Academy of Sciences. http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp?tbl=genus&family=Cyclopsettidae.
- ↑ Girone, Angela; Nolf, Dirk (2009-07-01). "Fish otoliths from the Priabonian (Late Eocene) of North Italy and South-East France – Their paleobiogeographical significance". Revue de Micropaléontologie 52 (3): 195–218. doi:10.1016/j.revmic.2007.10.006. ISSN 0035-1598. Bibcode: 2009RvMic..52..195G. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0035159807000839.
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