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Paralichthyidae
spotted whiff
Citharichthys macrops
Paralichthyid Fish of Mexican Waters
- Tropical
- Southern Hemisphere
- Regional distribution
- Marine fish
- Atlantic Ocean
- Central America and the Caribbean
- North America
- South America
- Deep-bodied
- Medium
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Deep-bodied
Mediumspotted whiff is known around Western Atlantic as a marine fish; It occurs in marine waters, and the largest recorded length is 20 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Flatfishes
- Family
- Paralichthyidae
- Genus
- Citharichthys
- Maximum length
- 20 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- deep_bodied
- Distribution
- Western Atlantic: southern Chesapeake Bay south along the U.S., Bahamas, throughout the Gulf of Mexico except northwestern Cuba; in the Caribbean from southern Jamaica, and along Central and South America from Mexico to the Honduran Bay Islands, and Colombia to Brazil (Santa Catarina).
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
