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Citharinus latus in Egypt

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Citharinus latus   Müller & Troschel, 1844
Family:	Citharinidae (Lutefishes)			picture (Cilat_u1.jpg) by Laleye, P.
Order:	Characiformes  (characins)
Class:	Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
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Max. size:	84.0 cm SL (male/unsexed; Ref. 7095); max. published weight: 2,500 g (Ref. 3799)
Environment:	demersal
Climate:	tropical
Global Importance:	fisheries: commercial
Resilience:	Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)
Distribution:	Africa: Senegal, Casamance, Niger, Volta, the Chad basin and certain coastal rivers in Guinéa-Bissau, Togo and Benin. Also in the Nile and Lake Mobutu Sese Seko (Lake Albert) (Ref. 7095).
Diagnosis:	Dorsal soft rays (total): 20-23; Anal soft rays: 23-26. Body depth 1.6-1.9 x, head length 3.3-4.3 x SL. Caudal peduncle 0.6-0.8 x long than high. Short snout 0.9-1.5 x ocular diameter (3.9-6 x head length). Adipose base 1.4-2 x distance from dorsal. Pointed pectoral 0.6-0.85 x head length (same length as ventrals). Silvery white body. Adipose base gray-black. Ventral anal red except in their basal parts. Inferior lobe of caudal red.
Biology:	Occurs in open water and vegetation beds of lakes and flowing water. Ingests mud containing benthic and sedimented algae (Ref. 28714)
Threatened:	Not Evaluated, see IUCN Red List  , (Ref. 36508)
Dangerous:	harmless
Coordinator:
Main Ref:	Gosse, J.-P.. 1990. (Ref. 2938)
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Egypt country information
Common names:	[ No common name ]		Ref:
Status:	native		Ref:
Salinity:	freshwater
Uses:	no uses
Country Information:	www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/eg.html
Occurrences:	Occurrences    Point map
Main Ref:	Daget, J., 1984
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	Entered:  Palomares, Maria Lourdes D.

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