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Citharinidae
Moon fish
Citharinus latus
Eighty Four Centimeters Citharinid Fish of the Niger Basin
- Tropical
- Coastal
- Regional distribution
- Freshwater fish
- Africa
- Deep-bodied
- Compressed cross-section
- Large
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Freshwater fish
Deep-bodied
LargeCitharinus latus is a species of lutefish found in tropical Africa.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Characins
- Family
- Citharinidae
- Genus
- Citharinus
- Maximum length
- 84 cm
- Water
- Freshwater
- Body shape
- deep_bodied
- Distribution
- Africa: known from Senegal, Casamance, Niger, Volta, Chad basin and certain coastal rivers in Guinéa-Bissau, Togo and Benin (Ref. 2938 , 7095 , 81281 ). Also in the Nile and Lake Mobutu Sese Seko (Lake Albert) (Ref. 2938 , 7095 , 28714 ).
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
