Citharinidae

{{Short description|Family of fishes}}

{{Redirect-distinguish|Lutefish|lutefisk}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Citharinus latus n90 w1150.jpg

| image_caption = Citharinus latus

| taxon = Citharinidae

| authority = Günther, 1864

| subdivision_ranks = Genera

| subdivision = 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.

They are deep-bodied, silvery fish, measuring up to {{convert|84|cm|in|abbr=on}} in length and weighing up to {{convert|18|kg|lb|abbr=on}}.{{FishBase family | family = Citharinidae| month = October | year = 2011}} They are filter feeders.{{cite book |editor=Paxton, J.R. |editor2=Eschmeyer, W.N.|author1=Weitzman, S.H. |author2=Vari, R.P.|year=1998|title=Encyclopedia of Fishes|publisher= Academic Press|location=San Diego|page= 101|isbn= 0-12-547665-5}}