Microctenopoma ansorgii

Microctenopoma ansorgii
Ornate ctenopoma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Anabantidae
Genus: Microctenopoma
Species: M. ansorgii
Binomial name
Microctenopoma ansorgii
Boulenger, 1912

Microctenopoma ansorgii is a small freshwater fish, known in the aquarium trade as the Ornate ctenopoma, Orange Ctenopoma, Ornate climbing perch, Pretty ctenopoma, or Rainbow ctenopoma. It belongs to the same genus as the Spotted Climbing Perch (Ctenopoma acutirostre) but looks very different. Its body is more elongated and rounded, the typical shape of a fish that spends much of its time sitting on the bottom. The Ornate ctenopoma spawns at night, laying its eggs on a floating bubble nest of mucus. It lives in the slow-flowing forest streams of the Congo basin, where it feeds on worms, insect larvae and other aquatic invertebrates it finds amongst mud and fallen leaves.

Junior Synonyms

Junior synonym refers to a scientific name applied to a species after its initially published name (senior synonym).

  • Anabas ansorgii (Boulenger, 1912)
  • Anabas davidae (Poll, 1939)
  • Ctenopoma ansorgei (Boulenger, 1912)
  • Ctenopoma ansorgii (Boulenger, 1912)
  • Ctenopoma davidae (Poll, 1939)
  • Microctenopoma ansorgei (Boulenger, 1912)

References

  • A New Species of Nest Building Ctenopoma (Teleostei, Anabantidae) from Zaire, with a Redescription of Ctenopoma lineatum (Nichols)

Steven M. Norris, Michael E. Douglas Copeia, Vol. 1991, No. 1 (Feb. 7, 1991), pp. 166–178 doi:10.2307/1446261


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