Citharinus latus (lat.) Is a species of fresh-water ray-finned fish from the family of characteristic cytarinic order. Distributed in Africa .
| Citharinus latus |
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| Scientific classification |
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| No rank : | Bilateral symmetrical |
| Subseries : | Characiphysi Fink et Fink, 1981 |
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| International scientific name |
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Citharinus latus Müller & Troschel , 1845 |
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Least ConcernedIUCN 3.1 Least Concern : 181716 |
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The body is tall, lyre-shaped, squeezed laterally, covered with cycloid scales . The scales are relatively small, in the lateral line 59–71 scales, between the lateral line and ventral fins 13.5-15.5 rows. Body height fits 1.6-1.9 times in standard body length. The maxillary bone is reduced, there are no teeth on it. There is a fat eyelid. The dorsal fin has 20–23 soft, branched rays. In the anal fin 23-26 soft rays. The pectoral fins are short; their length is half the length of the head. The ventral fins are equal in length to the pectoral ones. There is a fat fin . The base of the adipose fin is longer than the distance between the adipose and dorsal fins. The caudal fin is bifurcated [1] . The maximum standard body length is 84 cm and the mass is 2.5 kg [2] .
The body is silver. The fins are grayish, the lower lobe of the caudal fin, the anal and ventral fins are red [1] .
Distributed in large rivers and lakes of tropical regions of Africa in the following countries: Senegal , Burkina Faso , Guinea-Bissau , Togo , Benin . Common in the Nile River and Lake Albert [2] .
- ↑ 1 2 Gosse, 1990 , p. 265-266.
- ↑ 1 2 Citharinus latus (English) in the FishBase database. (Retrieved February 26, 2018)
- Species of Citharinus latus in the World Register of Marine Species . (Retrieved February 26, 2018)
