Description

Dorsal spines (total): 15 - 17; Dorsal soft rays (total): 7 - 10; Anal spines: 9 - 11; Anal soft rays: 7 - 10; Vertebrae: 25 - 26. Diagnosis: snout blunt; jaws weakly protrusible (ascending process of premaxilla short, not reaching anterior border of orbit); pelvic fins unpigmented or very lightly pigmented; labyrinth composed of a more complex, folded plate; 10-18 (rarely 17 or higher) pored scales in upper lateral line; species never larger than 75 mm SL; body depth into SL usually 3 times or more; spot at base of caudal fin often with a pale ring surrounding it even in adults; lachrymal occasionally finely serrated; frequently faint mottling on flanks; 15-16 (rarely 17) spines and 7-10 soft rays in dorsal fin; 9-10 (rarely 11) spines and 8-11 soft rays in anal fin (Ref. 57414).

Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Anabantiformes

Family: Anabantidae

Genus: Ctenopoma

Species: Ctenopoma houyi (Ahl, 1927)

Climate Zone

Location

• Africa: Lake Chad basin and eastern tributaries of the Niger River system (Ref. 57414).

Biology

Obligate air-breathing (Ref. 126274)

Habitat

benthopelagic

Conservation Status

Not Evaluated

Threat to Humans

Harmless