''Citharinus'' is a genus of freshwater

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belonging to the

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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 ''Citharinus citharus'', commonly called moonfish or mleke, is a species of lutefish from tropical Africa. ''C. citharus'' has detritivorous habits leading to its stomach containing high volumes of indigestible materials such as chitin, cellulos ...

'' ( Geoffroy St. Hilaire, 1809) (Moonfish) * ''

Citharinus congicus ''Citharinus congicus'' is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Citharinidae, the lutefishes. This species is found in tropical Africa. Description ''Citharinus congicus'' reaches a standard length of 43 cm. Distrib ...

'' Boulenger, 1897 * ''

Citharinus eburneensis ''Citharinus eburneensis'' is a species of lutefish from tropical The tropics are the regions of Earth surrounding the equator, where the sun may shine directly overhead. This contrasts with the temperate or polar regions of Earth, where ...

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, 1962 * ''

Citharinus gibbosus ''Citharinus gibbosus'' is a species of lutefish found in tropical Africa. Description ''Citharinus gibbosus'' reaches a standard length Fish measurement is the measuring of individual fish and various parts of fish anatomy, their anatomies, ...

'' Boulenger, 1899 * ''

Citharinus latus ''Citharinus latus'' is a species of lutefish found in tropical Africa. Distribution Found in Africa: where it is known from Senegal, Casamance, Niger, Volta, the Chad basin and certain coastal rivers in Guinéa-Bissau, Togo and Benin. Also ha ...

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& Troschel, 1844 * ''

Citharinus macrolepis ''Citharinus macrolepis'' is a species of lutefish in the family Citharinidae. It is found in tropical Africa, where it is very widespread in the Congo River basin. Description ''Citharinus macrolepis'' reaches a standard length Fish measure ...

'' Boulenger, 1899

References

Citharinidae Characiformes genera Taxa named by Georges Cuvier {{Characiformes-stub