Ctenopoma nebulosum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Anabantoidei

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: Ctenopoma
Species: Ctenopoma nebulosum

Name

Ctenopoma nebulosum Norris & Teugels, 1990

• Holotype: MRAC 87-24-P-151
• Paratypes: BMNH 1969.3.26.54-56 (3); MNHN 1988-250 (1); MRAC 86-10-P-89 (1), MRAC 86-10-P-90-92 (3), MRAC 87-24-P-152 (1), MRAC 87-24-P-153-155 (3), MRAC 87-24-P-161 (1), MRAC 87-24-P-162-164 (3), MRAC 88-35-P-7-8 (2)

Type locality: Nigeria, Sombreiro River at Ehuama, 5°00'N, 6°40'E.

Etymology: The specific name is derived from the Latin nebulosus, meaning cloudy or dark, here referring to the darkly mottled body of this species.

References

Primary references

• Norris, S.M. and G.G. Teugels, 1990. A new species of Ctenopoma (Teleostei: Anabantidae) from southeastern Nigeria. Copeia 1990 (no. 2): 492-499.

Additional references

• Norris, S.M. and M.E. Douglas, 1992. Geographic variation, taxonomic status, and biogeography of two widely distributed African freshwater fishes: Ctenopoma petherici and C. kingsleyae (Teleostei: Anabantidae). Copeia 1982 (no. 3): 709-724.(no. 3): 709-724.

Links

• Ctenopoma nebulosum in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
• Ctenopoma nebulosum in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version, accessed on March 31, 2023.
• Ctenopoma nebulosum – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
• Ctenopoma nebulosum – Taxon details on National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).
• IUCN: Ctenopoma nebulosum  (Endangered)