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Anabantidae (Climbing gouramies)
Etymology: Ctenopoma: Greek, kteis, ktenos = comb + Greek, poma, -atos = cover (Ref. 45335).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologia
; acqua dolce benthopelagico; pH range: 6.5 - 7.5; dH range: ? - 15. Tropical; 22°C - 28°C (Ref. 1672)
Africa: southern Cameroon to Gabon, in the Sanaga, Nyong, Ntem, Ivindo, Ogowe and Rio Muni (Ref. 81650). Also in the Sangha drainage (Ref. 81650) in Cameroon (Ref. 51193) and the middle Congo River in Democratic Republic of the Congo (Ref. 4910). Report from the Chad basin (Ref. 6803) questionable. Report from Cameroon north of the Sanaga (Ref. 51193) unconfirmed in Ref. 81650.
Size / Peso / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 15.0 cm SL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 81650)
Spine dorsali (totale) : 15 - 17; Raggi dorsali molli (totale) : 9 - 11; Spine anali: 7 - 9; Raggi anali molli: 10 - 13; Vertebre: 25 - 26. Diagnosis: centre of flank with dark, vertically oblong spot (sometimes obscured in darkly pigmented specimens)(Ref. 81650).
Obligate air-breathing (Ref. 126274); Maximum TL reported 20.0 cm (Ref. 6803).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Riproduzione | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larve
Gosse, J.-P., 1986. Anabantidae. p. 402-414. In J. Daget, J.-P. Gosse and D.F.E. Thys van den Audenaerde (eds.) Check-list of the freshwater fishes of Africa (CLOFFA). ISNB, Brussels; MRAC, Tervuren; and ORSTOM, Paris. Vol. 2. (Ref. 6803)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00513 (0.00204 - 0.01288), b=3.05 (2.83 - 3.27), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.2 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilienza (Ref.
120179): Medio, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione 1.4 - 4.4 anni (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).