Citharinidae: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Characiformes
- Family
- Citharinidae
- Genus
- Species
- Scientific Name
- Citharinidae
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Citharinidae
The 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.
They are deep-bodied, silvery fish, measuring up to 84 cm (33 in) in length and weighing up to 18 kg (40 lb). They are filter feeders.
...Citharinidae in languages:
- Czech
- patetrovití
- English
- Lutefishes
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