Citharinops

Citharinops is a monospecific genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Citharinidae, the lutefishes.^[2] 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.^[1] This species has a maximum total length of 84 cm (33 in) with a maximum published weight of 4.6 kg (10 lb).^[3]

Citharinops
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Characiformes
Family:	Citharinidae
Genus:	Citharinops Daget, 1962
Species:	C. distichodoides
Binomial name
Citharinops distichodoides (Pellegrin, 1919)
Synonyms[2]
Citharinus distichodoides Pellegrin, 1919 Citharinus thomasi Pellegrin, 1924