''Citharinus'' is a genus of freshwater
ray-finned fishes
Actinopterygii (; ), members of which are known as ray-finned fish or actinopterygians, is a class (biology), class of Osteichthyes, bony fish that comprise over 50% of living vertebrate species. They are so called because of their lightly built ...
belonging to the
family
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Citharinidae
The Citharinidae, the lutefishes, are a small family of characiform fish. They are freshwater fish native to Africa, and are sufficiently abundant to be significant food fishes.
They are deep-bodied, silvery fish, measuring up to in length an ...
, the lutefishes. The fishes in this genus are found in tropical Africa.
Species
''Citharinus'' contains the following species:
* ''
Citharinus citharus''
( Geoffroy St. Hilaire, 1809) (Moonfish)
* ''
Citharinus congicus''
Boulenger, 1897
* ''
Citharinus eburneensis''
Daget, 1962
* ''
Citharinus gibbosus''
Boulenger, 1899
* ''
Citharinus latus''
Müller
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& Troschel, 1844
* ''
Citharinus macrolepis''
Boulenger, 1899
References
Citharinidae
Characiformes genera
Taxa named by Georges Cuvier
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