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lutefishes

lutefishes is the plural of lutefish.

Meaning of lutefish

Noun

lutefish (plural lutefish or lutefishes)

  1. Any of a family of characiform fish (Citharinidae), including the genera Citharidium (one species), Citharinops (one species), and Citharinus (6 species).
    • Citharinids (commonly known as lutefishes), although not as morphologically and taxonomically diverse as distichodontids, are distributed throughout much of tropical Africa, and constitute an important component of the artisanal fisheries in the region [40].2013 October, Jairo Arroyave, John S.S. Denton, Melanie L.J. Stiassny, “Are characiform fishes Gondwanan in origin? Insights from a time-scaled molecular phylogeny of the Citharinoidei (Ostariophysi...

Questions about lutefishes

What is lutefishes the plural of?
Lutefishes is the plural of lutefish.

Words near lutefishes in the dictionary

  1. lutecian
  2. lutecite
  3. lutecium
  4. luted
  5. lutefish
  6. lutefishes
  7. lutefisk
  8. lutefisks
  9. luteic acid
  10. lutein
  11. luteinisation

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