# Citharinops

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{{Short description|Species of fish}}
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| 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 =   
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| parent_authority = [Daget](/source/Jacques_Daget), 1962
| taxon = Citharinops distichodoides
| authority = ([Pellegrin](/source/Jacques_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](/source/monospecific_genus) of freshwater [ray-finned fish](/source/Actinopterygii) belonging to the [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) [Citharinidae](/source/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](/source/Lake_Chad), the [Benué River](/source/Benu%C3%A9_River), the [Niger River](/source/Niger_River) and [Volta River](/source/Volta_River) in Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Ghana, Mali and Nigeria.<ref name = iucn/> This species has a maximum [total length](/source/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

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