Citharinidae

Citharinidae
	Citharinus latus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Characiformes
Suborder:	Citharinoidei
Family:	Citharinidae; Günther, 1864
Genera
	See text

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.^[1]

They are deep-bodied, silvery fish, measuring up to 84 cm (33 in) in length and weighing up to 18 kg (40 lb).^[2] They are filter feeders.^[1]

Genera[edit]

The family contains three genera:

Citharidium (monotypic)
Citharinops (monotypic)
Citharinus (6 species)

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b Weitzman, S.H.; Vari, R.P. (1998). Paxton, J.R.; Eschmeyer, W.N. (eds.). Encyclopedia of Fishes. San Diego: Academic Press. p. 101. ISBN 0-12-547665-5.
^ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2011). "Citharinidae" in FishBase. October 2011 version.

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[EoF-1] Weitzman, S.H.; Vari, R.P. (1998). Paxton, J.R.; Eschmeyer, W.N. (eds.). Encyclopedia of Fishes. San Diego: Academic Press. p. 101. ISBN 0-12-547665-5.

[2] Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2011). "Citharinidae" in FishBase. October 2011 version.

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