Ctenopoma
Ctenopoma | |
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Spotted ctenopoma (C. acutirostre) | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Anabantiformes |
Family: | Anabantidae |
Genus: | Ctenopoma W. K. H. Peters, 1844 |
Type species | |
Ctenopoma multispinis W.K.H. Peters, 1844[1]
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Ctenopoma is a genus of climbing gouramies native to Africa. Microctenopoma has been included in Ctenopoma in the past; in contrast to that genus, Ctenopoma species are egg scatterers with no parental care.
Species[]
The 18 currently recognized species in this genus are:[2]
- Ctenopoma acutirostre Pellegrin, 1899 (leopard bush fish or spotted ctenopoma)
- (C. G. E. Ahl, 1922) (silverbelly ctenopoma)
- & , 1979
- Günther, 1896
- (C. G. E. Ahl, 1927)
- (C. G. E. Ahl, 1927)
- Günther, 1896 (tailspot ctenopoma)
- Ctenopoma maculatum , 1886
- Ctenopoma multispine W. K. H. Peters, 1844 (many-spined ctenopoma)
- (Boulenger, 1906) (ocellated labyrinth fish)
- & , 1990
- Reichenow, 1875 (twospot climbing perch)
- Pellegrin, 1899 (eyespot ctenopoma)
- Ctenopoma pellegrini (Boulenger, 1902)
- Günther, 1864
- (C. G. E. Ahl, 1927)
- (C. G. E. Ahl, 1928)
- Boulenger, 1896 (mottled ctenopoma)
References[]
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Ctenopoma". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
- ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Ctenopoma in FishBase. December 2012 version.
Categories:
- Ctenopoma
- Anabantidae
- Freshwater fish of Africa
- Freshwater fish genera
- Taxa named by Wilhelm Peters
- Ray-finned fish stubs