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Anabantidae (Climbing gouramies)
Etymology: Microctenopoma: Greek, mikros = small + Greek, kteis, ktenos = comb + Greek, poma = cover, operculum (Ref. 45335).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; benthopelagic. Tropical
Africa: only known from the type locality in the lower Congo river in Democratic Republic of the Congo (Ref. 39599).
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 4.5 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 39599)
Short description
Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsal
spines
(total): 14;
Dorsal
soft rays
(total): 9-10;
Anal
spines: 6-7;
Anal
soft rays: 10 - 11;
Vertebrae: 24 - 26. A species of the C. congicum species group with characters typical of that assemblage. Within this group, C. milleri may be distinguished by the following characters: unusually low fin-spine counts for Ctenopoma (D XIV, A VI-VII), and a distinctive, mottled color pattern.
Facultative air-breathing (Ref. 126274)
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Norris, S.M., 1995. Microctenopoma uelense and M. nigricans, a new genus and two new species of anabantid fishes from Africa. Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 6(4):357-376. (Ref. 26634)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 126983)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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