Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Syacium latifrons
Lenguado playero, Beach flounder
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Teleostei
Order
Pleuronectiformes
Family
Paralichthyidae
Genus
Syacium
Species
latifrons
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Citharichthys latifrons Jordan & Gilbert, 1882 (Horton et al., 2021).
Origin: Vagrant
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"Galapagos Species Database, Syacium latifrons", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=24810. Accessed 5 November 2026.