Ctenopoma

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
Spotted ctenopoma (C. acutirostre)
Scientific classification
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]

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)