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Species in the family or subfamily Citharinidae: [ 13 ] records


ansorgii, Citharidium Boulenger [G. A.] 1902:144, Pl. 3 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 7) v. 9 (no. 50) (art. 25); ref. 563] Lake Oguta, southern Nigeria. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1902.1.23.1. •Valid as Citharidium ansorgii Boulenger 1902 -- (Daget 1984:212 [ref. 6170], Gosse in Lévêque et al. 1990:262 [ref. 21589], Poll & Gosse 1995:99 [ref. 24781], Boden & Moelants 2024:291 [ref. 40817]). Current status: Valid as Citharidium ansorgii Boulenger 1902. Citharinidae. Distribution: West Africa: Nigeria. Habitat: freshwater.

citharus, Serrasalmus Geoffroy St. Hilaire [E.] 1809:40 [218], Pl. 5 (figs. 2-3) [Poissons du Nil v. 1 (part 1); ref. 4182] Nile River, Egypt. Syntypes and/or non-types: MNHN 0000-4617 (2), A-9723 (3), A-8605 (1, dry), A-8606 (2, dry), A-9882 (2, dry) White Nile, ?A-9725 (4) Senegal. Type catalog: Bertin 1948:37-38 [ref. 19577]. The page number is from a different edition. •Valid as Citharinus citharus (Geoffroy St. Hilaire 1809) -- (Daget 1984:213 [ref. 6170], Gosse in Lévêque et al. 1990:267 [ref. 21589], Dankwa et al. 1999:24 [ref. 28023], Seegers et al. 2003:35 [ref. 28087], Neumann et al. 2016:305 [ref. 35036], Akoth et al. 2023:10 [ref. 40069], Boden & Moelants 2024:291 [ref. 40817]). Current status: Valid as Citharinus citharus (Geoffroy St. Hilaire 1809). Citharinidae. Distribution: Northeast Africa to Tanzania. Habitat: freshwater.

congicus, Citharinus Boulenger [G. A.] 1897:424 [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. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1897.9.30.19. •Valid as Citharinus congicus Boulenger 1897 -- (Daget 1984:214 [ref. 6170], Boden & Moelants 2024:292 [ref. 40817]). Current status: Valid as Citharinus congicus Boulenger 1897. Citharinidae. Distribution: Central Africa: Congo River basin, Democratic Republic of Congo. Habitat: freshwater.

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. •Species inquirenda in Citharinus -- (Boden & Moelants 2024:293 [ref. 40817]). 1°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Citharinus. Citharinidae. Habitat: freshwater.

distichodoides, Citharinus Pellegrin [J.] 1919:208 [Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France v. 44 (no. 5/7); ref. 15224] Gribingui River, Congo. Syntypes: BMNH 1919.8.15.16 (1); MNHN 1919-0201 to 0208 (8). Type catalog: Bertin 1948:38 [ref. 19577]. Originally as distichodoïdes. •Valid as Citharinops distichodoides (Pellegrin 1919) -- (Daget 1984:212 [ref. 6170], Gosse in Lévêque et al. 1990:263 [ref. 21589], Poll & Gosse 1995:99 [ref. 24781], Dankwa et al. 1999:24 [ref. 28023], Boden & Moelants 2024:291 [ref. 40817]). Current status: Valid as Citharinops distichodoides (Pellegrin 1919). Citharinidae. Distribution: Western to Central Africa. Habitat: freshwater.

eburneensis, Citharinus Daget [J.] 1962:485 [Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (Série 2) v. 33 (no. 5) (1961); ref. 9307] Upper Comoé, Ivory Coast. Holotype: MNHN 1961-1122. Paratypes: IFAN (2); MNHN 1960-0316 (8); Centre nat. doc. Abidjan (1); Serv. rech. for. Bouaké (1). •Valid as Citharinus eburneensis Daget 1962 -- (Daget 1984:215 [ref. 6170], Dankwa et al. 1999:24 [ref. 28023], Boden & Moelants 2024:292 [ref. 40817]). Current status: Valid as Citharinus eburneensis Daget 1962. Citharinidae. Distribution: Western Africa: Eburneo ecoregion and Tano River drainage, Ghana. Habitat: freshwater.

geoffroei, Citharinus Cuvier [G.] 1829:313 [Le Règne Animal (Edition 2) v. 2; ref. 995] Type catalog: Bertin 1948:37 [ref. 19577]. Available from footnote as, "Le Serrasalme citharine ou Astre de la nuit des Arabes, Geoff., Poiss. d'Eg., pl. v, f. 2 et 3 (Citharinus geoffroi, Nob.)." Spelled geoffroyi by Müller & Troschel 1844:84 [ref. 3070]. •Objective synonym of Citharinus citharus (Geoffroy St. Hilaire 1809) -- (Boden & Moelants 2024:292 [ref. 40817]). Current status: Synonym of Citharinus citharus (Geoffroy St. Hilaire 1809). Citharinidae. Habitat: freshwater.

gibbosus, Citharinus Boulenger [G. A.] 1899:94, Pl. 39 [Annales du Musee du Congo (Ser. Zoologie) v. 1 (fasc. 4); ref. 549] Stanley Pool; Kutu, Lake Leopold II; Monsembé, Upper Congo; Banana; Tanganyika. Syntypes: BMNH 1898.11.17.24 (1) Banana, 1899.9.26.128 (1) Stanley Pool, 1899.6.27.42 Upper Congo, 1899.8.22.8 Monsembe; MRAC 859 (1), 860 (1). •Valid as Citharinus gibbosus Boulenger 1899 -- (Daget 1984:215 [ref. 6170], De Vos et al. 2001:130, 131 [ref. 26059], Kiselkewa et al. 2020:[8] 707 [ref. 38315], Munene et al. 2021:22 [ref. 39283], Stiassny et al. 2021:1687 [ref. 39000], Boden & Moelants 2024:292 [ref. 40817], Bigirimana et al. 2024:34 [ref. 41336]). Current status: Valid as Citharinus gibbosus Boulenger 1899. Citharinidae. Distribution: Central Africa: Congo River basin and Lake Tanganyika basin. Habitat: freshwater.

intermedius, Citharinus citharus Worthington [E. B.] 1932:123 [The Journal of the Linnean Society of London. Zoology v. 38 (no. 258); ref. 16405] Lake Rudolf [Lake Turkana], Kenya. Syntypes: BMNH 1932.6.13.36-40 (5). •Synonym of Citharinus citharus (Geoffroy St. Hilaire 1809), but a valid subspecies as described -- (Daget 1984:214 [ref. 6170], Gosse in Lévêque et al. 1990:268 [ref. 21589], Seegers et al. 2003:35 [ref. 28087], Boden & Moelants 2024:292 [ref. 40817]). Current status: Synonym of Citharinus citharus (Geoffroy St. Hilaire 1809). Citharinidae. Habitat: freshwater.

latus, Citharinus Müller [J.] & Troschel [F. H.] (ex Ehrenberg) 1844:85 [Archiv für Naturgeschichte v. 10 (pt 1); ref. 3070] Nile River, Egypt. Holotype (unique): ZMB 3534. Type catalog: Zarske 2011:69 [ref. 31375]. Also appeared in Müller & Troschel 1845:9, Pl. 1 [ref. 3071]. •Valid as Citharinus latus Müller & Troschel 1844 -- (Daget 1984:215 [ref. 6170], Lévêque et al. 1989:116 [ref. 26480] dated 1845, Paugy & Bénech 1989:301 [ref. 26478] dated 1845, Gosse in Lévêque et al. 1990:265 [ref. 21589], Zarske 2011:69 [ref. 31375], Neumann et al. 2016:305 [ref. 35036], Akoth et al. 2023:11 [ref. 40069], Boden & Moelants 2024:292 [ref. 40817]). Current status: Valid as Citharinus latus Müller & Troschel 1844. Citharinidae. Distribution: Western to northeast Africa. Habitat: freshwater.

macrolepis, Citharinus Boulenger [G. A.] 1899:93, Pl. 38 [Annales du Musee du Congo (Ser. Zoologie) v. 1 (fasc. 4); ref. 549] Boma; Manyanga; Upoto; Chiloango; Crocodile River; Kutu; Ibali, Lake Leopold Island. Syntypes: BMNH 1899.9.26.127 (1) Boma, 1898.11.17.23 (1) Manyanga; MRAC 29 (1) Boma, 80 (1) Manyanga, 120 (1) Manyanga, 1856 (1) Boma, 857 (1) Kutu, 858 (1) Ibali. •Valid as Citharinus macrolepis Boulenger 1899 -- (Daget 1984:216 [ref. 6170], Boden & Moelants 2024:293 [ref. 40817]). Current status: Valid as Citharinus macrolepis Boulenger 1899. Citharinidae. Distribution: Central Africa: Congo River basin. Habitat: freshwater.

marnoi, Distichodus Steindachner [F.] 1881:200 [22] [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. Syntypes: NMW 59544 (1), 76438 (2). On p. 22 of separate. •Synonym of Citharinus citharus (Geoffroy St. Hilaire 1809) -- (Daget 1984:213 [ref. 6170], Boden & Moelants 2024:292 [ref. 40817]). Current status: Synonym of Citharinus citharus (Geoffroy St. Hilaire 1809). Citharinidae. Habitat: freshwater.

thomasi, Citharinus Pellegrin [J.] 1924:461 [Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (Série 1) v. 30 (no. 6); ref. 15561] Koriome, near Timbouctou, Niger River, Mali, western Africa. Holotype (unique): MNHN 1924-0176. Type catalog: Bertin 1948:38 [ref. 19577]. •Synonym of Citharinops distichodoides (Pellegrin 1919), but a valid subspecies -- (Daget 1984:212 [ref. 6170], Gosse in Lévêque et al. 1990:263 [ref. 21589], Boden & Moelants 2024:291 [ref. 40817]). Current status: Synonym of Citharinops distichodoides (Pellegrin 1919). Citharinidae. Habitat: freshwater.


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