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Citharinidae
Sign in to saveThe 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.
In the Vinony graph
Within Vinony's link graph, Citharinidae is referenced by 19 other articles, and connects out to Animalia, International Standard Book Number and Chordata.
Vinony files it under Characiformes families, Citharinidae and Freshwater fish of Africa.
Its subject is documented across 23 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
lutefishes
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderCharaciformes
- FamilyCitharinidae
Habitatfreshwater
Observations recorded1,773
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 7
- With media
- 4
- Family
- Citharinidae
- Collections
- CUMV, MSUM, NRM, NMV, MNHN
- Recorded in
- Congo, Kenya, Congo Kinshasa, Sudan, Republique Centrafricaine
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Image
- Citharinus latus n90 w1150.jpg
Show 5 more facts
- Commons category
- Citharinidae
- taxon rank
- family
- topic's main category
- Category:Citharinidae
- taxon name
- Citharinidae
- Code of nomenclature
- International Code of Zoological Nomenclature
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Connections
Animalia
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International Standard Book Number
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Chordata
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Wikidata
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digital object identifier
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taxonomy
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Wikispecies
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Actinopterygii
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Georges Cuvier
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PubMed
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National Center for Biotechnology Information
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Encyclopedia of Life
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Integrated Taxonomic Information System
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Characiformes
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Global Biodiversity Information Facility
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FishBase
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iNaturalist
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World Register of Marine Species
Organization
Catalogue of Life
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George Albert Boulenger
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