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: Microctenopoma ocellifer
Name
Microctenopoma ocellifer (Nichols, 1928)
Holotype: AMNH 9253
Paratypes: AMNH 9259 (4)
Type locality: Ankoro, junction of Lualaba and Luvua rivers, southeast Belgian Congo (now Katanga Province, Democratic Republic of Congo).
Synonyms
Anabas muriei ocellifer Nichols, 1928
Ctenopoma muriei ocellifer (Nichols, 1928)
References
Primary references
Nichols, J.T. 1928. A few fishes from the southeast corner of the Congo basin. American Museum Novitates 309: 1–4. (PDF) Reference page.
Additional references
Gosse, J.-P., 1986. Anabantidae (pp. 402-414). In: Daget, J., J.-P. Gosse and D.F.E. Thys van den Audenaerde (eds), 1986. Check-list of the freshwater fishes of Africa. CLOFFA. ISNB Bruxelles, MRAC Tervuren, ORSTOM Paris. v. 2: i-xiv + 1-520. PDF
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.
Links
Microctenopoma ocellifer in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024, accessed on May 20, 2022.
Microctenopoma ocellifer in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version, accessed on May 20, 2022.
Microctenopoma ocellifer – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
IUCN: Microctenopoma ocellifer (Least Concern)
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