Ctenopoma

Genus of fishes

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

1. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Ctenopoma". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Ctenopoma in FishBase. December 2012 version.