Family Citharinidae - Lutefishes
Order : Characiformes Citharinidae
Class : Teleostei
No. in FishBase : Genera : 3 | Species : 8 Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes
Environment : Fresh : Yes | Brackish : No | Marine : No
Division : Primary freshwater
Aquarium : some
First Fossil Record :      
Remark : Distribution: Africa. Deep body shape; dorsal and anal fins relativeli long; maxilla reduced and lacking teeth; scales cycloid in Citharinus); pelvic fin rays relatively numerous. Suggested new common name for this family from Ref. 58418. The subfamily Distichodontinae was raised at the family level in Nelson between 1994 (Ref. 7463) to 2006 (Ref. 58010) editions.
Etymology : Derived from Greek, kitharia, -as = zither ( Ref. 45335).
Reproductive guild : nonguarders
Typical activity level : normal
Main Ref. : Nelson, J.S. 1994
Coordinator :
Deep Fin Classification : Osteichthyes | Actinopterygii | Actinopteri | Neopterygii | Teleostei | Osteoglossocephalai | Clupeocephala | Otomorpha | Ostariophysi | | Otophysa | | | | | | Characiphysae | Characiformes | Citharinoidei | | Citharinidae

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Species/Synonymy list for the family Citharinidae as currently in FishBase

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Scientifc name Status Senior/Junior synonym Combination
Citharinus citharus (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1809)
acceptedseniornew
Serrasalmus citharus Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1809
synonymseniororiginal
Citharinus citharus citharus (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1809)
synonymseniornew
! Citharinus citharius (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1809)
synonymseniornew
synonymjuniororiginal
! Citharinus geoffroyi Cuvier, 1829
synonymjuniororiginal
Distichodus marnoi Steindachner, 1881
synonymjuniororiginal
synonymjuniororiginal
Citharinus latus Müller & Troschel, 1844
acceptedseniororiginal
Citharinus macrolepis (non Boulenger, 1899)
misappliedmisappliedoriginal
Citharinus congicus Boulenger, 1897
acceptedseniororiginal
Citharinus gibbosus Boulenger, 1899
acceptedseniororiginal
Citharinus macrolepis Boulenger, 1899
acceptedseniororiginal
acceptedseniororiginal
Citharidium ansorgii Boulenger, 1902
acceptedseniororiginal
! Citharidium ansorgei Boulenger, 1902
synonymseniororiginal
Citharinops distichodoides (Pellegrin, 1919)
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal
synonymseniornew
! Citharinus distichodus Pellegrin, 1919
synonymseniororiginal
! Citharinus disticoides Pellegrin, 1919
synonymseniororiginal
Citharinus thomasi Pellegrin, 1924
synonymjuniororiginal
synonymjuniornew
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