| Microctenopoma | |
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| Microctenopoma nanum | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anabantiformes |
| Family: | Anabantidae |
| Genus: | Microctenopoma S. M. Norris, 1995 |
| Type species | |
| Ctenopoma congicum Boulenger, 1887[1] | |
Microctenopoma is a genus of fish in the Anabantidae (climbing gourami) family. They are native to Africa. Microctenopoma has been included in Ctenopoma in the past; unlike that genus, they are bubblenest builders, and the males defend the eggs and fry until they are free swimming.
The currently recognized species in this genus are:[2]
- Microctenopoma ansorgii (Boulenger, 1912) (ornate ctenopoma)
- Microctenopoma congicum (Boulenger, 1887) (Congo ctenopoma)
- Microctenopoma damasi (Poll & Damas, 1939)
- Microctenopoma fasciolatum (Boulenger, 1899) (banded ctenopoma)
- Microctenopoma intermedium (Pellegrin, 1920)
- Microctenopoma lineatum (Nichols, 1923)
- Microctenopoma milleri (S. M. Norris & M. E. Douglas, 1991)
- Microctenopoma nanum (Günther, 1896) (dwarf ctenopoma)
- Microctenopoma nigricans S. M. Norris, 1995
- Microctenopoma ocellifer (Nichols, 1928)
- Microctenopoma pekkolai (Rendahl (de), 1935)
- Microctenopoma uelense S. M. Norris & M. E. Douglas, 1995
References
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Microctenopoma". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
- ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Microctenopoma in FishBase. December 2012 version.