Citharinops

{{Short description|Species of fish}} {{speciesbox | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name=iucn>{{cite iucn|author=Olaosebikan, B.D. |year= 2020 |title= ''Citharinops distichodoides'' |article-number= e.T181968A58328257 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T181968A58328257.en |access-date=28 September 2023}}</ref> | image = | image_caption = | parent_authority = Daget, 1962 | taxon = Citharinops distichodoides | authority = (Pellegrin, 1919) | synonyms = {{Specieslist | Citharinus distichodoides | Pellegrin, 1919 | Citharinus thomasi | Pellegrin, 1924 }} | synonyms_ref = <ref name = "Cof genus">{{Cof genus|genus=Citharinops|access-date=3 June 2025}}</ref> }} ''Citharinops'' is a monospecific genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Citharinidae, the lutefishes.<ref name = "Cof genus"/> The only species in the genus is ''Citharinops distichodoides'' which is found in the catchemnts of Lake Chad, the Benué River, the Niger River and Volta River in Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Ghana, Mali and Nigeria.<ref name = iucn/> This species has a maximum total length of {{cvt|84|cm}} with a maximum published weight of {{cvt|4.6|kg}}.<ref name = Fishbase>{{FishBase|Citharinops|distichodoides|month=February|year=2025}}</ref>

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Category:Citharinidae Category:Monotypic fish genera Category:Fish of Africa Category:Taxa named by Jacques Pellegrin Category:Taxa named by Jacques Daget Category:Fish described in 1919