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Citharinus citharus (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1809)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, Étienne. 1809. Poissons du Nil, de la mer Rouge et de la Méditerranée. In: Description de l’Egypte,. Histoire Naturelle. (1809-30) (<Unspecified Agent>, ed.), : 1-52.

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
order
Characiformes
family
Citharinidae
genus
Citharinus
species
Citharinus citharus

Name

Synonyms
Citharinus citharius (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1809)
Citharinus citharus citharus
Citharinus citharus intermedius Worthington, 1932
Citharinus geoffroyi Cuvier, 1829
Distichodus marnoi Steindachner, 1881
Serrasalmus citharus Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1809
Homonyms
Citharinus citharus (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1809)
Common names
Azu mpete in Igbo
Bobogi in language.
Falia in Hausa
Fetta in language.
Fettoore in language.
Fulful in Kanuri
Kuilmiisgu in language.
Mbète in Wolof
Mleke in Irish
Moon fish in language.
Osu in Yoruba
Sand leaf fish in language.
Taala in language.
Vanoe in Ewe
Vavi in Ewe
Waviyibor in Ewe
patetra obecná in Czech
Обыкновенная цитарина in Russian
Mleke in language.
Afor in language.
Apede in language.
Azu mpete in Igbo
Bobogi in language.
Falia in Hausa
Fetta in language.
Fettoore in language.
Fulful in Kanuri
Kuilmiisgu in language.
Mbète in Wolof
Mleke in Irish
Moon fish in language.
Ofou in language.
Osu in Yoruba
Sand leaf fish in language.
Taala in language.
Vanoe in Ewe
Vavi in Ewe
Waviyibor in Ewe

Bibliographic References

  1. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025).
  2. Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). 10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4
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