Charitosomus is an extinct genus of prehistoric marine ray-finned fish from the Late Cretaceous, related to modern beaked salmons. They were nektonic carnivores in life.
It contains the following species:
The species C. hakelensis <small>(Davis, 1887)</small> from the Late Cenomanian of Lebanon is now placed in its own genus, Hakeliosomus. Another species, C. hermani <small>Taverne, 1976</small>, from the late Albian-middle Cenomanian of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, is presently considered an indeterminate gonorynchid.