Description

Dorsal spines (total): 16 - 17; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9 - 11; Anal spines: 9 - 10; Anal soft rays: 9 - 11. Diagnosis: snout and head acute; jaws protrusible (ascending process of premaxilla extends to anterior border of orbit); flanks often marked by a series of uneven chain-like bars; soft dorsal and anal fins acute and when spread closely appressed to dorsal and ventral margins of caudal fin, forming continuous sheet of fin (Ref. 57414).

Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Anabantiformes

Family: Anabantidae

Genus: Ctenopoma

Species: Ctenopoma ocellatum Pellegrin, 1899

Climate Zone

Location

• Africa: middle Congo River basin in Democratic Republic of the Congo (Ref. 1880, 4910, 41585, 41590, 41591) and Republic of Congo (Ref. 44840). Also reported from the Niger delta in Nigeria (Ref. 57414).

Biology

Obligate air-breathing (Ref. 126274)

Habitat

benthopelagic

Conservation Status

Least Concern

Threat to Humans

Harmless