Freshwater
Manyspined ctenopoma
Ctenopoma multispine
Anabantidae
Facts
Characteristics
- Length
- Up to 13.5 cm
- Body shape
- Elongated
Care
- Group
- Missing
- Smallest aquarium
- 71 liters
- Diet
- Missing
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Behavior
Water values
Smallest tank
Range
Native
Lives wild in Angola, Botswana, Congo - Kinshasa, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
More about the species
Description
Occurs in vegetated riverine backwaters, floodplain lagoons, swamps and isolated pans. It feeds on any suitably small creature, including insects, shrimps, and small fish; well camouflaged; hunts by slowly stalking prey. May congregate in groups to breed; the eggs are scattered around and not guarded. Can endure warm stagnant waters and is known to leave the water and move overland to alternative sites in wet weather or at night.
Other names
Other scientific names
- Anabas machadoi
- Anabas multispinis
- Anabas rhodesianus
- Anabas scandens
- Anabas vernayi
- Ctenopoma ctenotis
In other languages
- Mangepigget buskfisk
- Piikkikiipijäkala
- Climbing perch, Many spined climbing perch, Many-spined climbing perch, Manyspined climbing perch
Articles
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How to add new fish4 min read
From the store to the tank: how to get the fish used to your water, why you should add only a few at a time, and what to watch for in the first few days.
Quarantine for new fish3 min read
Why new fish should live in a tank of their own for a few weeks before they move in, what you need, and what to look for.