Ctenopoma
| Ctenopoma | |
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| Spotted ctenopoma(C. acutirostre) | |
Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| 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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Ctenopomais a genus ofclimbing gouramiesnative toAfrica.Microctenopomahas been included inCtenopomain the past; in contrast to that genus,Ctenopomaspecies are egg scatterers with no parental care.
Species
[edit]The 18 currently recognized species in this genus are:[2]
- Ctenopoma acutirostrePellegrin,1899(leopard bush fish or spotted ctenopoma)
- Ctenopoma argentoventer(C. G. E. Ahl,1922)(silverbelly ctenopoma)
- Ctenopoma ashbysmithiBanister&R. G. Bailey,1979
- Ctenopoma gabonenseGünther,1896
- Ctenopoma garuanum(C. G. E. Ahl,1927)
- Ctenopoma houyi(C. G. E. Ahl,1927)
- Ctenopoma kingsleyaeGünther,1896(tailspot ctenopoma)
- Ctenopoma maculatumThominot,1886
- Ctenopoma multispineW. K. H. Peters,1844(many-spined ctenopoma)
- Ctenopoma muriei(Boulenger,1906)(ocellated labyrinth fish)
- Ctenopoma nebulosumS. M. Norris&Teugels,1990
- Ctenopoma nigropannosumReichenow,1875(twospot climbing perch)
- Ctenopoma ocellatumPellegrin,1899(eyespot ctenopoma)
- Ctenopoma pellegrini(Boulenger,1902)
- Ctenopoma pethericiGünther,1864
- Ctenopoma riggenbachi(C. G. E. Ahl,1927)
- Ctenopoma togoensis(C. G. E. Ahl,1928)
- Ctenopoma weeksiiBoulenger,1896(mottled ctenopoma)
References
[edit]- ^Eschmeyer, William N.;Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.)."Ctenopoma".Catalog of Fishes.California Academy of Sciences.Retrieved12 December2019.
- ^Froese, Rainer;Pauly, Daniel (eds.)."Species in genusCtenopoma".FishBase.December 2012 version.
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