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Ctenopoma acutirostre

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family
ANIMALIA CHORDATA ACTINOPTERYGII PERCIFORMES ANABANTIDAE

Scientific Name: Ctenopoma acutirostre
Species Authority: Pellegrin, 1899
Common Name/s:
English Leopard bushfish, Spotted climbing perch, Spotted ctenopoma, Spotted ctenopoma (FB)
Synonym/s:
Anabas acutirostris (Pellegrin, 1899)
Anabas ocellatus (non Pellegrin, 1899)
Anabas ocellatus acutirostris (Pellegrin, 1899)
Ctenopoma acutirostris (Pellegrin, 1899)

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria: Least Concern     ver 3.1
Year Published: 2010
Assessor/s: Moelants, T.
Reviewer/s: Brummett, R., Mbe Tawe, A.N., Dening Touokong, C., Reid, G.M., Snoeks, J. Staissny, M., Moelants, T., Mamonekene, V., Ndodet, B., Ifuta, S.N.B., Chilala, A., Monsembula, R., Ibala Zamba, A., Opoye Itoua, O., Pouomogne, V., Darwall, W. & Smith, K.
Justification:
The species is widespread or without major threats throughout the Central Africa assessment region and is assessed as Least Concern.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description: Ctenopoma acutirostre is known from Pool Malebo (Stanley Pool) and from the Central Congo River basin.
Countries:
Native:
Central African Republic; Congo; Congo, The Democratic Republic of the
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Population [top]

Population: No information available.
Population Trend: Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology: This is a benthopelagic species.
Systems: Freshwater

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s): This is a commercially harvested aquarium species.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions: None known.
Citation: Moelants, T. 2010. Ctenopoma acutirostre. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 24 May 2012.
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