{{Short description|Genus of fishes}} {{Automatic_taxobox | image = Citharinus latus n90 w1150.jpg | image_caption =''Citharinus latus'' | taxon = Citharinus | authority = G. Cuvier, 1817<ref name = "Cof family">{{Cof family|family=Citharinidae|access-date=3 June 2025}}</ref> | type_species = Serrasalmus citharus | type_species_authority = Geoffroy St. Hilaire, 1809<ref name = "Cof family"/> | synonyms = * ''Citharinoides'' <small>Daget, 1962</small> | synonyms_ref = <ref name = "Cof family"/> }}
'''''Citharinus''''' is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Citharinidae, the lutefishes. The fishes in this genus are found in tropical Africa.
==Species== ''Citharinus'' contains the following species:<ref name = "Cof genus">{{Cof genus|genus=Citharinus|access-date=3 June 2025}}</ref> * ''Citharinus citharus'' <small>(Geoffroy St. Hilaire, 1809)</small> (Moonfish) * ''Citharinus congicus'' <small>Boulenger, 1897</small> * ''Citharinus eburneensis'' <small>Daget, 1962</small> * ''Citharinus gibbosus'' <small>Boulenger, 1899</small> * ''Citharinus latus'' <small>Müller & Troschel, 1844</small> * ''Citharinus macrolepis'' <small>Boulenger, 1899</small>
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Category:Citharinidae Category:Citharinus Category:Characiformes genera Category:Taxa named by Georges Cuvier
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