Ctenopoma maculatum Thominot 1886

Diagnosis: centre of flank with dark, vertically oblong spot (sometimes obscured in darkly pigmented specimens)(Ref. 81650).Description: snout relatively blunt; head profile straight or gently convex; mouth moderately protrusible; soft dorsal, anal and caudal fins finely scaled nearly to tips; 14-16 scales in upper lateral line, 8-13 in lower; 2.5-3 above upper lateral line, 7-9 below; 3-8 serrations above opercular notch, none within notch, 2-6 serrations below, 0-20 subopercular serrations, interopercle and preopercle entire (Ref. 81650).Coloration: body and head medium brown or grey; centre of flank with dark, vertically oblong spot (sometimes obscured in darkly pigmented specimens); membrane in opercular notch frequently black; rare specimens with narrow, faint vertical bars on flanks; pelvic fin short and unpigmented in adults; in juveniles (up to ca. 30 mm SL), body and head dark brown broken by lighter mottling; dark band runs from snout through eye to opercular border; dark bar on underside of chin; some specimens also with additional dark streaks radiating from posterior border of orbit; mid-lateral spot surrounded by a light tan ring or situated in a light tan bar extending from dorsal fin origin to venter; pelvic fin of juveniles with dark pigmentation near its base; living specimens are various shades of brown (Ref. 81650).

Dorsal spines (total): 15 - 17; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9 - 11; Anal spines: 7 - 9; Analsoft rays: 10 - 13; Vertebrae: 25 - 26

Maximum TL reported 20.0 cm (Ref. 6803).

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Ctenopoma maculatum is a fish in the family Anabantidae found in the coastal rivers from South Cameroon to the Democratic Republic of the Congo in the Chad, Ogoué, and Congo River basins. They grow to 20.0 cm in total length.