Citharinus latus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Characiformes
Family: Citharinidae
Genus: Citharinus
Species:
C. latus
Binomial name
Citharinus latus

Citharinus latus is a species of lutefish from tropical Africa.[1][2]

Distribution

Found in Africa: where it is known from Senegal, Casamance, Niger, Volta, the Chad basin and certain coastal rivers in Guinéa-Bissau, Togo and Benin. . Also has been found in the Nile and Lake Mobutu Sese Seko (Lake Albert).[1]

Size

The fish can get as large as 84.0 cm.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2019). "Citharinus latus" in FishBase. August 2019 version.
  2. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species related to Citharinus latus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  • Gosse, J.-P., 1990. Citharinidae. p. 261-268. In C. Lévêque, D. Paugy and G.G. Teugels (eds.) Faune des poissons d'eaux douces et saumâtres de l'Afrique de l'Ouest. Tome I. Coll. Faune Tropicale n° XXVIII. Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Tervuren and O.R.S.T.O.M., Paris, 384 p.



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