# Citharinidae

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{{Short description|Family of fishes}}
{{Redirect-distinguish|Lutefish|lutefisk}}
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| image = Citharinus latus n90 w1150.jpg
| image_caption = ''Citharinus latus''
| taxon = Citharinidae
| authority = [Günther](/source/Albert_G%C3%BCnther), 1864<ref name = VDLEF>{{cite journal | author1 = Richard van der Laan | author2 = William N. Eschmeyer | author3 = Ronald Fricke | name-list-style = amp |year=2014 | title = Family-group names of recent fishes | url = https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3882.1.1/10480 | journal = Zootaxa | volume = 3882 | issue = 2 | pages = 1–230| doi = 10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1 | pmid = 25543675 | doi-access = free }}</ref>
| subdivision_ranks = Genera
| subdivision = See text
}}

The '''Citharinidae''', the '''lutefishes''', are a small family of [characiform](/source/Characiformes) fish. They are freshwater fish native to Africa, and are sufficiently abundant to be significant food fishes.<ref name=EoF/>

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}}.<ref>{{FishBase family | family = Citharinidae| month = October | year = 2011}}</ref> They are filter feeders.<ref name=EoF>{{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}}</ref>

==Genera==
The family contains three genera:<ref name = "Cof family>{{Cof family|family=Citharinidae|access-date=3 June 2025}}</ref>
*''[Citharidium](/source/Citharidium)'' <small>[Boulenger](/source/George_Albert_Boulenger), 1902</small> (monotypic)
*''[Citharinops](/source/Citharinops)'' <small>[Daget](/source/Jacques_Daget), 1962</small> (monotypic)
*''[Citharinus](/source/Citharinus)'' <small>[Cuvier](/source/Georges_Cuvier), 1817</small> (6 species)

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Category:Citharinidae
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Category:Characiformes families
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