FAMILY Citharinidae Günther, 1864 - lutefishes [=Cyprinosalmi, Citharinina] Notes: Cyprinosalmi Latreille, 1825:120 [ref. 31889] (tribe) Citharinus [no stem of the type genus, not available, Article 11.7.1.1] Citharinina Günther, 1864:279, 302 [ref. 1974] (group) Citharinus GENUS Citharidium Boulenger, 1902 - lutefishes [=Citharidium Boulenger [G. A.], 1902:144] Notes: [ref. 563]. Neut. Citharidium ansorgii Boulenger, 1902. Type by monotypy. •Valid as Citharidium Boulenger, 1902 -- (Géry 1977:58 [ref. 1597], Vari 1979:339 [ref. 5490], Daget 1984:212 [ref. 6170], Gosse in Lévêque et al. 1990:262 [ref. 21589], Poll & Gosse 1995:99 [ref. 24781]). Current status: Valid as Citharidium Boulenger, 1902. Citharinidae. Species Citharidium ansorgii Boulenger, 1902 - Nigerian lutefish (author) [=Citharidium ansorgii Boulenger [G. A.], 1902:144, Pl. 3] Notes: [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 7) v. 9 (no. 50); ref. 563] Lake Oguta, southern Nigeria. Current status: Valid as Citharidium ansorgii Boulenger, 1902. Citharinidae. Distribution: Habitat: freshwater. GENUS Citharinops Daget, 1962 - lutefishes [=Citharinops (subgenus of Citharinus) Daget [J.], 1962:81, 101] Notes: [ref. 1024]. Masc. Citharinus distichodoides Pellegrin, 1919. Type by monotypy. See also Daget & Iltis 1965:83 (footnote) [ref. 13626]. •Valid as Citharinops Daget, 1962 -- (Daget 1984:212 [ref. 6170], Gosse in Lévêque et al. 1990:262 [ref. 21589], Poll & Gosse 1995:99 [ref. 24781], Dankwa et al. 1999:24 [ref. 28023]). Current status: Valid as Citharinops Daget, 1962. Citharinidae. Species Citharinops distichodoides (Pellegrin, 1919) - Gribingui lutefish (author) [=Citharinus distichodoides Pellegrin [J.], 1919:208, Citharinus thomasi Pellegrin [J.], 1924:461] Notes: [Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France v. 44; ref. 15224] Gribingui River, Congo. Current status: Valid as Citharinops distichodoides (Pellegrin, 1919). Citharinidae. Distribution: Africa. Habitat: freshwater. (thomasi) [Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (Série 1) v. 30 (no. 6); ref. 15561] Koriome, near Timbouctou, Niger River, Mali, western Africa. Current status: Synonym of Citharinops distichodoides (Pellegrin, 1919). Citharinidae. Habitat: freshwater. GENUS Citharinus Cuvier, 1816 - lutefishes [=Citharinus Cuvier [G.], 1816:168, Citharinoides (subgenus of Citharinus) Daget [J.], 1962:83] Notes: [ref. 993]. Masc. Serrasalmus citharus Geoffroy St. Hilaire, 1809. Type by monotypy. Spelled Cytharinus by Oken (ex Cuvier):1182 [ref. 3303]. •Valid as Citharinus Cuvier, 1816 -- (Daget 1962 [ref. 1024], Géry 1977:55 [ref. 1597], Vari 1983:5 [ref. 5419], Daget 1984:213 [ref. 6170], Lévêque et al. 1989:116 [ref. 26480], Paugy & Bénech 1989:301 [ref. 26478], Gosse in Lévêque et al. 1990:265 [ref. 21589], Poll & Gosse 1995:99 [ref. 24781], Dankwa et al. 1999:24 [ref. 28023]). Current status: Valid as Citharinus Cuvier, 1816. Citharinidae. (Citharinoides) [ref. 1024]. Masc. Citharinus latus Müller & Troschel, 1845. Not available from Daget 1962, described with 2 included species without type fixation after 1930 (Art. 13.3); made available and dates to Daget & Iltis 1965:83 (footnote) [ref. 13626] where type was designated. •Treated as a synonym of Citharinus Cuvier, 1816 -- (Daget 1984:213 [ref. 6170]). Current status: Synonym of Citharinus Cuvier, 1816. Citharinidae. Species Citharinus citharus (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1809) - moonfish [=Serrasalmus citharus Geoffroy St. Hilaire [E.], 1809:[218], Pl. 5 (figs. 2-3), Citharinus geoffroei Cuvier [G.], 1829:313, Citharinus citharus intermedius Worthington [E. B.], 1932:123, Distichodus marnoi Steindachner [F.], 1881:200 [22]] Notes: [Poissons du Nil v. 1 (part 1); ref. 4182] Nile River, Egypt. Current status: Valid as Citharinus citharus (Geoffroy St. Hilaire, 1809). Citharinidae. Distribution: Africa. Habitat: freshwater. (geoffroei) [Le Règne Animal (Edition 2) v. 2; ref. 995] Current status: Synonym of Citharinus citharus (Geoffroy St. Hilaire, 1809). Citharinidae. Habitat: freshwater. (intermedius) [The Journal of the Linnean Society of London. Zoology v. 38 (no. 258); ref. 16405] Lake Rudolf [Lake Turkana], Kenya. Current status: Synonym of Citharinus citharus (Geoffroy St. Hilaire, 1809). Citharinidae. Habitat: freshwater. (marnoi) [Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe v. 83 (1. Abth.); ref. 4231] Bahr-el-Seraf and Bahr-el-Gebel, Nile system, Sudan. Current status: Synonym of Citharinus citharus (Geoffroy St. Hilaire, 1809). Citharinidae. Habitat: freshwater. Species Citharinus congicus Boulenger, 1897 - Boyoma lutefish (author) [=Citharinus congicus Boulenger [G. A.], 1897:424] Notes: [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 6) v. 20 (no. 119) (art. 50); ref. 14629] Stanley [Boyoma] Falls, Upper Congo River, Democratic Republic of Congo. Current status: Valid as Citharinus congicus Boulenger, 1897. Citharinidae. Distribution: Habitat: freshwater. Species Citharinus eburneensis Daget, 1962 - Comoe lutefish (author) [=Citharinus eburneensis Daget [J.], 1962:485] Notes: [Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (Série 2) v. 33 (no. 5) (1961); ref. 9307] Upper Comoé, Ivory Coast. Current status: Valid as Citharinus eburneensis Daget, 1962. Citharinidae. Distribution: West Africa. Habitat: freshwater. Species Citharinus gibbosus Boulenger, 1899 - Leopold lutefish (author) [=Citharinus gibbosus Boulenger [G. A.], 1899:94, Pl. 39] Notes: [Annales du Musee du Congo (Ser. Zoology) v. 1 (fasc. 4); ref. 549] Stanley Pool; Kutu, Lake Leopold II; Monsembé, Upper Congo; Banana; Tanganyika. Current status: Valid as Citharinus gibbosus Boulenger, 1899. Citharinidae. Distribution: Africa. Habitat: freshwater Species Citharinus latus Muller & Troschel, 1844 - Nile lutefish (author) [=Citharinus latus Müller [J.] & Troschel [F. H.] (ex Ehrenberg), 1844:85] Notes: [Archiv für Naturgeschichte v. 10 (pt 1); ref. 3070] Nile River, Egypt. Current status: Valid as Citharinus latus Müller & Troschel, 1844. Citharinidae. Distribution: Habitat: freshwater. Species Citharinus macrolepis Boulenger, 1899 - Boma lutefish (author) [=Citharinus macrolepis Boulenger [G. A.], 1899:93, Pl. 38] Notes: [Annales du Musee du Congo (Ser. Zoology) v. 1 (fasc. 4); ref. 549] Boma; Manyanga; Upoto; Chiloango; Crocodile River; Kutu; Ibali, Lake Leopold Island. Current status: Valid as Citharinus macrolepis Boulenger, 1899. Citharinidae. Distribution: Habitat: freshwater ********************************************************************* Unavailable names, uncertain taxa cyprinoides, Salmo Cuvier [G.] 1829:313 [Le Règne Animal (Edition 2) v. 2; ref. 995] No locality. No types known. On Gronovius, Mus. Ich. p. 378. Noted in account of genus Citharinus. •Objectively invalid; preoccupied by Salmo cyprinoides Linnaeus 1766 and Salmo cyprinoides Pallas 1814. Citharinidae. Habitat: freshwater..