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Actinopteri (ray-finned fishes) > Characiformes (Characins) > Citharinidae (Lutefishes)
Etymology: Citharinus: Latin, cithara = lire like instrument (Ref. 45335).
More on authors: Müller & Troschel.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Freshwater; demersal. Tropical

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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).

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 84.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 7095); max. published weight: 2.5 kg (Ref. 3799)

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Dorsal soft rays (total): 20-23; Anal soft rays: 23 - 26. Diagnosis: body depth 1.6-1.9x and head length 3.3-4.3x SL; caudal peduncle 0.6-0.8x long than high; short snout, 0.9-1.5x eye diameter; eye diameter 3.9-6x head length; adipose-fin base 1.4-2x longer than distance separating it from rayed dorsal fin; pointed pectoral fins, shorter than head (0.6-0.85x head length) and as long as pelvic fins; cycloid scales; scale formula 17.5-18.5/59-71/18.5-19.5; 13.5-15.5 scales between lateral line and pelvic-fin base; 20-23 dorsal fin branched rays; 23-26 anal fin branched rays (Ref. 2938, 81281).

Occurs in open water and vegetation beds of lakes and flowing water. Ingests mud containing benthic and sedimented algae (Ref. 28714).

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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. (Ref. 2938)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 125652)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 24 April 2019

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Fisheries: commercial

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Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82805): PD₅₀ = 0.5195 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01413 (0.00668 - 0.02988), b=2.98 (2.78 - 3.18), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for species & Subfamily-BS (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 2.2 ±0.13 se; based on food items.

Resilience (Ref. 120179): Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): High vulnerability (61 of 100) .

Climate Vulnerability (Ref. 125649): (0 of 100) .

Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.

Nutrients (Ref. 124155): Calcium = 77 [26, 190] mg/100g ; Iron = 1.27 [0.74, 2.53] mg/100g ; Protein = 18 [16, 20] % ; Omega3 = 0.231 [0.105, 0.532] g/100g ; Selenium = 74.8 [35.1, 181.6] μg/100g ; VitaminA = 8.26 [2.89, 24.51] μg/100g ; Zinc = 1.36 [0.92, 2.05] mg/100g (wet weight);

Citharinus latus Müller & Troschel, 1844