Microctenopoma ocellifer

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: 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)