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Ctenopoma maculatum Thominot, 1886

Description

Dorsal spines (total): 15 - 17; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9 - 11; Anal spines: 7 - 9; Anal soft rays: 10 - 13; Vertebrae: 25 - 26. Diagnosis: centre of flank with dark, vertically oblong spot (sometimes obscured in darkly pigmented specimens)(Ref. 81650).

Common Names

  • Enkeltplettet buskfisk , Danish , Denmark
  • Täpläkiipijäkala , Finnish , Finland
  • Gefleckter Buschfisch , German , Germany
  • 斑非洲攀鱸 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 斑非洲攀鲈 , Mandarin Chinese , China

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Anabantiformes

    Family: Anabantidae

    Genus: Ctenopoma

    Species: Ctenopoma maculatum Thominot, 1886

    Climate Zone

  • Tropical

    • Location

  • Africa: southern Cameroon to Gabon, in the Sanaga, Nyong, Ntem, Ivindo, Ogowe and Rio Muni (Ref. 81650). Also in the Sangha drainage (Ref. 81650) in Cameroon (Ref. 51193) and the middle Congo River in Democratic Republic of the Congo (Ref. 4910). Report from the Chad basin (Ref. 6803) questionable. Report from Cameroon north of the Sanaga (Ref. 51193) unconfirmed in Ref. 81650.

    • Biology

    Obligate air-breathing (Ref. 126274); Maximum TL reported 20.0 cm (Ref. 6803).

    Habitat

    benthopelagic

    Conservation Status

    Least Concern

    Threat to Humans

    Harmless