Ctenopoma
| Ctenopoma | |
|---|---|
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| Spotted ctenopoma (C. acutirostre) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Division: | Teleostei |
| Order: | Anabantiformes |
| Family: | Anabantidae |
| Genus: | Ctenopoma W. K. H. Peters, 1844 |
| Type species | |
| Ctenopoma multispinis W.K.H. Peters, 1844[1] | |
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 15 currently recognized species in this genus are:[2]
- Ctenopoma acutirostre Pellegrin, 1899 (leopard bush fish or spotted ctenopoma)
- Ctenopoma ashbysmithi Banister & R. G. Bailey, 1979
- Ctenopoma gabonense Günther, 1896
- Ctenopoma garuanum (C. G. E. Ahl, 1927)
- Ctenopoma kingsleyae Günther, 1896 (tailspot ctenopoma)
- Ctenopoma machadoi (Fowler, 1930)
- 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 weeksii Boulenger, 1896 (mottled ctenopoma)
- Synonyms
- Ctenopoma argentoventer (C. G. E. Ahl, 1922) (silverbelly ctenopoma); valid as C. kingsleyae
- Ctenopoma houyi (C. G. E. Ahl, 1927); valid as C. muriei
- Ctenopoma riggenbachi (C. G. E. Ahl, 1927); valid as C. petherici
- Ctenopoma togoensis (C. G. E. Ahl, 1928); valid as C. petherici
References
- ↑ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Ctenopoma". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
- ↑ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Ctenopoma". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 12 August 2026.