This small fish, known in the aquarium trade as the Ornate Ctenopoma, belongs to the same genus as the Spotted Climbing Perch (Ctenopoma acutirostre) but looks very different. Fish are aquatic Vertebrate animals that are typically ectothermic (previously Cold-blooded) covered with scales, and equipped with two An aquarium (plural aquariums or aquaria) is a Vivarium consisting of at least one transparent side in which Water -dwelling Plants Its body is more elongated and rounded, the typical shape of a fish that spends much of its time sitting on the bottom. The Ornate Ctenopoma spawns at night, laying its eggs on a floating bubble nest of mucus. In vertebrates mucus is a slippery secretion produced by and covering Mucous membranes It is a viscous Colloid containing Antiseptic enzymes (such as It lives in the slow-flowing forest streams of the Congo basin, where it feeds on worms, insect larvae and other aquatic invertebrates it finds amongst mud and fallen leaves. The Congo River (for a time known as the Zaire River) is the largest River in Western Central Africa. A larva ( Latin; plural larvae) is a juvenile form of Animal with indirect development, undergoing Metamorphosis (for example An invertebrate is an Animal lacking a Vertebral column. The group includes 98% of all animal Species — all animals except those in the Chordate
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A New Species of Nest Building Ctenopoma (Teleostei, Anabantidae) from Zaire, with a Redescription of Ctenopoma lineatum (Nichols) Steven M. Norris, Michael E. Douglas Copeia, Vol. 1991, No. 1 (Feb. 7, 1991), pp. 166-178 doi:10. 2307/1446261
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