Climbing gourami

Bushfish ( Ctenopoma acutirostre or C. oxyrhynchum )

The climbing fish and bush fish ( Anabantidae (Gr: " anabas " = aorist of " anabainein " = climb ) are a family of labyrinth fish ( Anabantoidei ) from the order of Anabantiformes.

Features

The moderately elongated to slightly high-backed fish will generate 3.5 to 30 centimeters long. Your mouth is relatively large, pine, Prävomer and parasphenoid are occupied with conical teeth. The upper jaw is only slightly protaktil ( vorstülpbar ). The Präoperculum is partly occupied with fine awl fields. Climbing and bush fish have strikingly long dorsal and anal fins and are usually colored solid brown. The dorsal fin begins just behind the pectoral fin base, the anal fin is a little shorter. The latter is supported hard and the same number or fewer soft rays 10 to 20. The caudal fin is rounded or straight ends. Are back, tail and anal fins spread, they form an almost unbroken Flossensaum. Some bush fish have spots or stripes in varying shades of brown. You have a small gill Reuse rays.

Way of life

Climbing and bush fish inhabit mainly standing or slowly flowing, covered with lots of vegetation waters. They are site- faithful and form small areas. Anabas species are able to leave the water and crawl using their pelvic fins and the gill cover on land or at an angle to climb projecting into the water branches. Busch fish feed on carnivorous usually.

Reproduction

Most climbing fish and bush fish are free spawners, eggs are lighter than water and float on the surface. The species of the genus Microctenopoma build as many other labyrinth fish is a bubble nest at the surface, in which laid the eggs and then, to be guarded by the male until hatching of fish larvae.

Systematics and distribution

The 34 species belonging to four genera, of which the two types of climbing fish ( Anabas ) in India, Southeast Asia and China, who live as Busch fish designated species of the genera Ctenopoma and Microctenopoma in tropical Africa south of the Sahara and the two Sandelia species in South Africa are at home.

  • Genus climbing fish ( Anabas ) Anabas cobojius (Hamilton, 1822)
  • Climbing fish ( Anabas testudineus ) ( Bloch, 1792)
  • Leopard bush fish ( Ctenopoma acutirostre ) ( Pellegrin, 1899)
  • Ctenopoma argentoventer ( Ahl, 1922)
  • Ctenopoma ashbysmithi Banister & Bailey, 1979
  • Ctenopoma breviventrale ( Pellegrin, 1938)
  • Ctenopoma ctenotis ( Boulenger, 1920)
  • Ctenopoma garuanum ( Ahl, 1927)
  • Tail spot bushfish ( Ctenopoma kingsleyae ) Günther, 1896
  • Ctenopoma machadoi ( Fowler, 1930)
  • Ctenopoma maculatum ( Thominot, 1886)
  • Ctenopoma multi spine (Peters, 1844)
  • Nilbuschfisch ( Ctenopoma muriei ) ( Boulenger, 1906)
  • Ctenopoma nebulosum ( Norris & Teugels, 1990)
  • Ctenopoma nigropannosum ( Reichenow, 1875)
  • Ctenopoma ocellatum ( Pellegrin, 1899)
  • Ctenopoma oxyrhynchum ( Boulenger, 1902)
  • Ctenopoma pellegrini ( Boulenger, 1902)
  • Ctenopoma petherici ( Günther, 1864)
  • Ctenopoma riggenbachi ( Ahl, 1927)
  • Ctenopoma togoensis ( Ahl, 1928)
  • Ctenopoma weeksii ( Boulenger, 1896)
  • Orange bushfish ( Microctenopoma ansorgii ) ( Boulenger, 1912)
  • Microctenopoma congicum ( Boulenger, 1887)
  • Perlbuschfisch ( Microctenopoma Damasi ) (Poll & Damas, 1939)
  • Banded bushfish ( Microctenopoma fasciolatum ) ( Boulenger, 1899)
  • Microctenopoma intermedium ( Pellegrin, 1920)
  • Microctenopoma lineatum ( Nichols, 1923)
  • Microctenopoma milleri ( Norris & Douglas, 1991)
  • Dwarf bush fish ( Microctenopoma nanum ) ( Günther, 1896)
  • Microctenopoma nigricans ( Norris, 1995)
  • Microctenopoma ocellifer ( Nichols, 1928)
  • Microctenopoma pekkolai ( Ahl, 1935)
  • Microctenopoma uelense ( Norris & Douglas, 1995)
  • Sandelia bainsii ( Castelnau, 1861)
  • Sandelia capensis ( Cuvier, 1829)
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