Ctenopoma
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Ctenopoma is a genus of bony fish
es in the Anabantidae (climbing gourami) family. It contains the following species:
Fish
Fish are a paraphyletic group of organisms that consist of all gill-bearing aquatic vertebrate animals that lack limbs with digits. Included in this definition are the living hagfish, lampreys, and cartilaginous and bony fish, as well as various extinct related groups...
es in the Anabantidae (climbing gourami) family. It contains the following species:
- Ctenopoma acutirostre PellegrinJacques PellegrinJacques Pellegrin was a French zoologist.Pellegrin was born in Paris, and studied natural history. In 1894 he became assistant chairman of zoology at the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, replacing Léon Vaillant .He got his doctorates in medicine and science...
, 1899 – spotted climbing perch, leopard bush fishLeopard bush fishThe Leopard bush fish , also known as Leopard bushfish, Spotted ctenopoma, Leopard ctenopoma, Spotted climbing perch, Spotted leaf fish, African leaf fish, Spotted cichlid or Spotted bushfish, is a freshwater fish... - Ctenopoma ashbysmithi Banister & BaileyBailey-Fictional Characters:* Beetle Bailey, a comic strip created by Mort Walker* Bailey Pickett, a character on The Suite Life on Deck* Miranda Bailey, a character Grey's Anatomy...
, 1979 - Ctenopoma garuanum (AhlErnst AhlChristoph Gustav Ernst Ahl was a German zoologist.He was the director of the department of ichthyology and herpetology in the Museum für Naturkunde....
, 1927) - Ctenopoma kingsleyae Günther, 1896 – Kingsley's ctenopoma
- Ctenopoma machadoi (FowlerHenry Weed FowlerHenry Weed Fowler was an American zoologist born in Holmesburg, Pennsylvania.He studied at Stanford University under David Starr Jordan...
, 1930) - Ctenopoma maculatum Thominot, 1886
- Ctenopoma multispineCtenopoma multispineCtenopoma multispine, known as the many-spined Ctenopoma or climbing perch, is an African freshwater fish. It is up to long and occurs in the Lufira River, Lualaba River, Upemba River, Luapula-Moero in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Upper Zambezi in Zambia and Okavango River-Lake Ngami in...
PetersWilhelm PetersWilhelm Karl Hartwich Peters was a German naturalist and explorer.He was assistant to Johannes Peter Müller and later curator of the Berlin Zoological Museum. In September 1842 he travelled to Mozambique via Angola. He returned to Berlin with an enormous collection of natural history specimens...
, 1844 - Ctenopoma muriei (BoulengerGeorge Albert BoulengerGeorge Albert Boulenger FRS was a Belgian-British zoologist who identified over 2000 new animal species, chiefly fish, reptiles and amphibians.-Life:...
, 1906) - Ctenopoma nebulosum NorrisNorris- In the United States :* Norris, Illinois* Norris, South Carolina* Norris, Tennessee, named after George William Norris* Norris Dam, which forms Norris Lake, Tennessee* Norris Geyser Basin in Yellowstone National Park* Norristown, Pennsylvania...
& Teugels, 1990 - Ctenopoma nigropannosum Reichenow, 1875 – twospot climbing perch, twospot ctenopoma, twospotted climbing perch
- Ctenopoma ocellatum PellegrinJacques PellegrinJacques Pellegrin was a French zoologist.Pellegrin was born in Paris, and studied natural history. In 1894 he became assistant chairman of zoology at the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, replacing Léon Vaillant .He got his doctorates in medicine and science...
, 1899 - Ctenopoma oxyrhynchum (BoulengerGeorge Albert BoulengerGeorge Albert Boulenger FRS was a Belgian-British zoologist who identified over 2000 new animal species, chiefly fish, reptiles and amphibians.-Life:...
, 1902) - Ctenopoma pellegrini (BoulengerGeorge Albert BoulengerGeorge Albert Boulenger FRS was a Belgian-British zoologist who identified over 2000 new animal species, chiefly fish, reptiles and amphibians.-Life:...
, 1902) - Ctenopoma petherici Günther, 1864
- Ctenopoma weeksii BoulengerGeorge Albert BoulengerGeorge Albert Boulenger FRS was a Belgian-British zoologist who identified over 2000 new animal species, chiefly fish, reptiles and amphibians.-Life:...
, 1896