Manyspined Climbing Perch
Ctenopoma multispine
- Least concern
- Card rarity: Common
- 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.
Classification
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Anabantiformes
- Family
- Anabantidae
- Genus
- Ctenopoma