Ctenopoma maculatum

Ctenopoma maculatum

Fifteen Centimeters Anabantid Fish from the Sanaga Basin

Tropical
Regional distribution
Freshwater fish
Africa
Fusiform
Medium
Tropical fish

Ctenopoma maculatum is a fish in the family Anabantidae found in the coastal rivers from South Cameroon to the Democratic Republic of the Congo in the Chad, Ogoué, and Congo River basins. They grow to 20.0 cm in total length.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Leaffishes, Snakeheads, and Gouramis
Family: Anabantidae
Genus: Ctenopoma
Maximum length: 15 cm
Water: Freshwater
Body shape: fusiform
Distribution: 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 .
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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