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Anabantidae
Petherich's Ctenopoma
Ctenopoma petherici
Anabantid Fish of the Nile Basin
- Tropical
- Coastal
- Lower river
- Regional distribution
- Freshwater fish
- Africa
- Fusiform
- Medium
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Freshwater fish
Fusiform
MediumPetherich's Ctenopoma is a freshwater fish found around Africa. It inhabits freshwater habitats. Records give a maximum length of 17.4 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Anabantidae
- Genus
- Ctenopoma
- Maximum length
- 17.4 cm
- Water
- Freshwater
- Body shape
- fusiform
- Distribution
- Africa: Senegal and Gambia rivers, entire Niger River drainage except lower Niger, Lake Chad drainage and coastal drainages in Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Togo and Benin (Ref. 57414 ). Also reported from Gabon (Ref. 6803 ) and Nile basin (Ref. 6803 , 28714 ).
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
