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Citharinidae
Sign in to saveThe 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.
Species
lutefishes
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderCharaciformes
- FamilyCitharinidae
Habitatfreshwater
Observations recorded1,773
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 7
- With media
- 4
- Family
- Citharinidae
- Collections
- CUMV, MSUM, NRM, NMV, MNHN
- Recorded in
- Congo, Kenya, Congo Kinshasa, Sudan, Republique Centrafricaine
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Image
- Citharinus latus n90 w1150.jpg
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- Commons category
- Citharinidae
- taxon rank
- family
- topic's main category
- Category:Citharinidae
- taxon name
- Citharinidae
- Code of nomenclature
- International Code of Zoological Nomenclature
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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 weighing up to . They are filter feeders.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Citharinidae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.