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Genus of fishes

Citharinus

Citharinus latus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Characiformes
Family:	Citharinidae
Genus:	Citharinus G. Cuvier, 1817

Citharinus is a genus of lutefishes from tropical Africa, 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, 1932
Citharinus congicus Boulenger, 1897
Citharinus eburneensis Daget, 1962
Citharinus gibbosus Boulenger, 1899
Citharinus latus J. P. Müller & Troschel, 1844
Citharinus macrolepis Boulenger, 1899

References

Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Citharinus". FishBase. October 2011 version.

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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