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.
| 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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Species edit
The 18 currently recognized species in this genus are:[2]
- Ctenopoma acutirostre Pellegrin, 1899 (leopard bush fish or spotted ctenopoma)
- Ctenopoma argentoventer (C. G. E. Ahl, 1922) (silverbelly ctenopoma)
- Ctenopoma ashbysmithi Banister & R. G. Bailey, 1979
- Ctenopoma gabonense Günther, 1896
- Ctenopoma garuanum (C. G. E. Ahl, 1927)
- Ctenopoma houyi (C. G. E. Ahl, 1927)
- Ctenopoma kingsleyae Günther, 1896 (tailspot ctenopoma)
- Ctenopoma maculatum Thominot, 1886
- Ctenopoma multispine W. K. H. Peters, 1844 (many-spined ctenopoma)
- Ctenopoma muriei (Boulenger, 1906) (ocellated labyrinth fish)
- Ctenopoma nebulosum S. M. Norris & Teugels, 1990
- Ctenopoma nigropannosum Reichenow, 1875 (twospot climbing perch)
- Ctenopoma ocellatum Pellegrin, 1899 (eyespot ctenopoma)
- Ctenopoma pellegrini (Boulenger, 1902)
- Ctenopoma petherici Günther, 1864
- Ctenopoma riggenbachi (C. G. E. Ahl, 1927)
- Ctenopoma togoensis (C. G. E. Ahl, 1928)
- Ctenopoma weeksii Boulenger, 1896 (mottled ctenopoma)
References edit
- ^ 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.
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