ctenopoma

plural ctenopomas

1. Any of the genus Ctenopoma of climbing gouramies, native to Africa, including certain members of the genus Microctenopoma, which was part of Ctenopoma in the past.

   Ornate ctenopoma (Ctenopoma ansorgii)

   1990, Ines Scheurmann, Aquarium Fish Breeding: Breeding Instructions for Cichlids, Characins, Catfish, and Other Popular Fish, Barron's, page 130

   2 more examples

   Ctenopoma kingsleyi is the largest known species of the ctenopomas.

   1996, Herbert R. Axelrod, Cliff W. Emmens, Warren E. Burgess, Neal Pronek, Exotic Tropical Fishes, fifth revised and expanded edition, Neptune City, NJ: T.F.H. Publications, page 585

   Do not mix Kingsley's ctenopomas with smaller companions as they grow, because they will prey on such fish, but they can be housed with any non-aggressive species of a similar size.

   2004, David Alderton, Bettas and Gouramis: Understanding Siamese Fighting Fish, Paradisefish, Kissing Gouramis, and Other Anabantoids, Irvine, Calif: BowTie Press, page 134