Citharinus latus

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| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Lalèyè, P., Azeroual, A., Bayona, J.D.R., Entsua-Mensah, M. & Getahun, A. |date=2020 |title=Citharinus latus |volume=2020 |page=e.T181716A134902262 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T181716A134902262.en |access-date=9 March 2024}}

| taxon = Citharinus latus

| authority = J. P. Müller & Troschel, 1844

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Citharinus latus is a species of lutefish found in tropical Africa.{{FishBase |genus=Citharinus |species=latus |id= |month=August |year=2019}}{{Catalog of Fishes |genus=Citharinus |species=latus |access-date=7 February 2020}}

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).

Description

Citharinus latus reaches a standard length of 84.0 cm.

References

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  • 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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latus

Category:Fish of Africa

Category:Taxa named by Johannes Peter Müller

Category:Taxa named by Franz Hermann Troschel

Category:Fish described in 1844

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