Anabantidae

Manyspined ctenopoma

Ctenopoma multispine

Thirteen Point Five Centimeters Anabantid Fish of the Zambezi Basin

• Tropical
• Coastal
• Upper river
• Regional distribution
• Freshwater fish
• Africa
• Elongated
• Small
• Tropical fish

Ctenopoma multispine, known as the many-spined ctenopoma or climbing perch, is an African freshwater fish. It is up to 14 cm (5.5 in) long and occurs in the Lufira River, Lualaba River, Upemba River, Luapula-Moero in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Upper Zambezi in Zambia and Okavango River-Lake Ngami in Angola and Botswana. It is also known from the Kafue, rivers of coastal Mozambique, Cuanza River in Angola, and southern tributaries of the Congo River system.