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Citharidium Boulenger 1902 –idium, Latin diminutive suffix connoting resemblance: like Citharinus butwith ctenoid instead of cycloid scales

Citharidium ansorgii Boulenger 1902 in honor of British explorer and collector William John Ansorge (1850–1913), who collected holotype

Citharinops Daget 1962 ṓps (Gr. ὦψ), eye or face (i.e., appearance), proposed as a subgenus of Citharinus, i.e., Citharinus-like

Citharinops distichodoides (Pellegrin 1919) –oides, Neo-Latin from eī́dos (Gr. εἶδος), having the form of: Distichodus (Distichodontidae), referring to larger scales than presumed congeners in Citharinus

Citharinops distichodoides thomasi (Pellegrin 1924) in honor of Jean Thomas (1890–1932), fisheries scientist who collected fishes for the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle (Paris) in French Equatorial Africa, including holotype of this one

Citharinus Cuvier 1816 -inus (L.), adjectival suffix: kithára (Gr. κιθάρα), a lute- or lyre-like instrument from ancient Greece, referring to scale rows of C. citharus, said to resemble the strings of a harp

Citharinus citharus (Geoffroy St. Hilaire 1809) from kithára (Gr. κιθάρα), a lute- or lyre-like instrument from ancient Greece, referring to its conspicuous transverse scales rows, “nearly straight and parallel, which resemble the strings of a harp” (translation)

Citharinus citharus intermedius Worthington 1932 Latin for intermediate, described as intermediate in form between C. c. citharus and C. latus

Citharinus congicus Boulenger 1897 –icus (L.), belonging to: Congo River of Zaire (now Democratic Republic of the Congo), where type locality (Stanley Falls) is situated

Citharinus eburneensis Daget 1962 –ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: eburneus (L.), of ivory, referring to Ivory Coast, where type locality (Upper Comoé River) is situated

Citharinus gibbosus Boulenger 1899 Latin for humpbacked, referring to its convex dorsal profile

Citharinus latus Müller & Troschel 1844 Latin for wide or broad, allusion not explained (name coined by German naturalist Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg, who collected holotype), perhaps referring to larger adipose fin compared with C. geoffroyi (=citharus) and/or to elevated body shape common to all lutefishes

Citharinus macrolepis Boulenger 1899 macro-, from makrós (Gr. μακρός), long or large; lepίs (Gr. λεπίς), scale, referring to larger scales compared with C. citharus