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Ctenopoma

Poole, Karen E.

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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

Tailspot Ctenopoma

KINGDOM

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumMollusca
  3. ClassGastropoda
  4. OrderLittorinimorpha
  5. FamilyAnnulariidae
Observations50
Observations recorded3,012,139,120

via GBIF

Museum specimens

Specimen records
108
With media
1
Family
Annulariidae
Collections
RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, CUMV, NHMUK, UMMZ, MNHN, USNM
Recorded in
Cuba, Gabon, Cameroon, Benin, Congo, The Democratic Republic Of The, Ghana, Republique Centrafricaine, Zambia

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Encyclopedic overview

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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: 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)

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ctenopoma” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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