Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha
Subcohors: Neoteleostei
Infracohors: Eurypterygia
Sectio: Ctenosquamata
Subsectio: Acanthomorphata
Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae
Series: Anabantaria
Ordo: Anabantiformes
Subordo: Anabantoidei
Familia: Anabantidae
Genus: Microctenopoma
Species: M. ansorgii - M. congicum - M. damasi - M. fasciolatum - M. intermedium - M. lineatum - M. milleri - M. nanum - M. nigricans - M. ocellifer - M. pekkolai – M. steveboyesi – M. stevenorrisi – M. uelense
Name
Microctenopoma Norris, 1995
Type species: Microctenopoma congicum (Boulenger, 1887). Type by original designation.
References
Primary references
Norris, S.M., 1995. Microctenopoma uelense and M. nigricans, a new genus and two new species of anabantid fishes from Africa. Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters v. 6 (no. 4): 357-376.
Additional references
Norris, S.M., 2007. Anabantidae (pp. 251-268). In: Stiassny, M.L.J., G.G. Teugels & C.D. Hopkins (eds), 2007. The Fresh and Brackish Water Fishes of Lower Guinea, West-Central Africa. [Poissons d'eaux douces et saumâtres de basse Guinée, ouest de l'Afrique centrale.] Faune et flore tropicales. Publications scientifiques du Museum, MRAC. Vol. 2: 603 pp.
Skelton, P.H., J.R. Jr. Stauffer, A. Chakona & J.M. Wisor. 2021. Two new species of African bubble-nesting Microctenopoma (Teleostei: Anabantidae) from Angola. Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters IEF-1134: 1-16. PDF
Links
Microctenopoma species list in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
Microctenopoma and its species (including synonyms) in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
Microctenopoma – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Microctenopoma – Taxon details on National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).
Microctenopoma in the World Register of Marine Species
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.
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