''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 and ...
es from
tropical
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Africa
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, 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 dive ...
, 1932
* ''
Citharinus congicus
''Citharinus congicus'' is a species of lutefish from tropical Africa.
It reaches a length of 43 cm.
Distribution
The species is found in Africa. It is present in the Congo basin from the lower Congo to Lake Upemba in the Democratic Republic of ...
''
Boulenger, 1897
* ''
Citharinus eburneensis''
Daget, 1962
* ''
Citharinus gibbosus''
Boulenger, 1899
* ''
Citharinus latus
''Citharinus latus'' 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 miles) ...
''
J. P. Müller & Troschel, 1844
* ''
Citharinus macrolepis''
Boulenger, 1899
References
*
Characiformes genera
Taxa named by Georges Cuvier
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