Citharinus

Genus of fishes

Citharinus

Citharinus latus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Chordata
Class:  | Actinopterygii
Order:  | Characiformes
Family:  | Citharinidae
Genus:  | Citharinus
G. Cuvier, 1817[1]
Type species
Serrasalmus citharus

Geoffroy St. Hilaire, 1809[1]

Synonyms[1]

* Citharinoides Daget, 1962

Citharinus is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Citharinidae, the lutefishes. The fishes in this genus are found in tropical Africa.

## Species

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Citharinus contains the following species:[2]

* Citharinus citharus (Geoffroy St. Hilaire, 1809) (Moonfish)
* Citharinus congicus Boulenger, 1897
* Citharinus eburneensis Daget, 1962
* Citharinus gibbosus Boulenger, 1899
* Citharinus latus Müller & Troschel, 1844
* Citharinus macrolepis Boulenger, 1899

## References

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1. ^ a b c Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Citharinidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 3 June 2025.
2. ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Citharinus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 3 June 2025.

Taxon identifiers

Citharinus|

* Wikidata: Q5122424
* ADW: Citharinus
* BOLD: 85853
* CoL: 3Q9Z
* EoL: 13132
* GBIF: 2355310
* iNaturalist: 87504
* IRMNG: 1342498
* ITIS: 638952
* NCBI: 42555
* Open Tree of Life: 753346
* WoRMS: 268783

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