Biology:Ctenopoma
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Short description: Genus of fishes
Ctenopoma | |
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Spotted ctenopoma (C. acutirostre) | |
Scientific classification | |
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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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)
- 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
- ↑ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron; van der Laan, Richard, eds. "Ctenopoma". California Academy of Sciences. http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp?genid=1924.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Ctenopoma in FishBase. December 2012 version.
Wikidata ☰ Q149360 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ctenopoma.
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