''Citharinus'' is a genus of
lutefish
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 ...
es from
tropical
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the Southern Hemisphere at S. The tropics are also referred to ...
Africa
Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia in both cases. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of Earth's total surface area ...
, with six currently described species:
* ''
Citharinus citharus''
( É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1809)
** ''C. c. citharus''
(É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1809) (moon fish)
** ''C. c. intermedius''
Worthington
Worthington may refer to:
People
* Worthington (surname)
* Worthington family, a British noble family
Businesses
* Worthington Brewery, also known as Worthington's
* Worthington Corporation, founded as a pump manufacturer in 1845, later a di ...
, 1932
* ''
Citharinus congicus''
Boulenger, 1897
* ''
Citharinus eburneensis
''Citharinus eburneensis'' is a species of lutefish from tropical Africa
Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia in both cases. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square mi ...
''
Daget
Jacques Daget (30 June 1919, Vineuil – 29 June 2009), was a French ichthyologist. He was a professor at the National Museum of Natural History, in Paris. Several marine species have been named after him.
Species named after him
Species named ...
, 1962
* ''
Citharinus gibbosus
''Citharinus gibbosus'' is a species of lutefish from tropical Africa
Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia in both cases. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square mile ...
''
Boulenger, 1899
* ''
Citharinus latus''
J. P. Müller & Troschel, 1844
* ''
Citharinus macrolepis
''Citharinus macrolepis'' is a species of lutefish from tropical Africa. It is very widespread in the Congo River
The Congo River ( kg, Nzâdi Kôngo, french: Fleuve Congo, pt, Rio Congo), formerly also known as the Zaire River, is the secon ...
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Boulenger, 1899
References
*
Characiformes genera
Taxa named by Georges Cuvier
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