Ctenopoma pellegrini

Ctenopoma pellegrini is a fish in the family Anabantidae[2] found in the Congo River basin of Africa. It grows to 11.2 cm in total length for a male/unsexed specimen.[1] This species was formally described by the British-Belgian ichthyologist George Albert Boulenger in 1902 with the type locality given as Yembe River at Banzyville in the Democratic Republic of Congo.[3] Boulenger honoured the French ichthyologist Jacques Pellegrin (1873-1944).[4]

Ctenopoma pellegrini
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anabantiformes
Family: Anabantidae
Genus: Ctenopoma
Species:
C. pellegrini
Binomial name
Ctenopoma pellegrini
(Boulenger, 1902)
Synonyms[1]

Anabas pellegrinii Boulenger, 1902

References
  1. "Ctenopoma pellegrini". Fish Base. Retrieved 16 Sep 2012.
  2. "Integrated Taxonomic Information System: Ctenopoma pellegrini". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 16 Sep 2012.
  3. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Anabas pellegrinii". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
  4. Christopher Scharpf; Kenneth J. Lazara (21 October 2019). "Order ANABANTIFORMES: Families ANABANTIDAE, HELOSTOMATIDAE, OSPHRONEMIDAE, CHANNIDAE, NANDIDAE, BADIDAE, and PRISTOLEPIDIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 10 December 2019.


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