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Climbing perch

Ctenopoma multispine Peters, 1844

Status not recordedbony fish

The climbing perch (Ctenopoma multispine) is a species in the family Anabantidae, order Anabantiformes.

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Quick facts about the climbing perch

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the climbing perch live?

Not recorded

Is the climbing perch endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the climbing perch classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderAnabantiformes
  5. familyAnabantidae
  6. genusCtenopoma
  7. SpeciesCtenopoma multispine Peters, 1844

Synonyms Anabas machadoi, Anabas multispinis, Anabas rhodesianus, Anabas vernayi, Ctenopoma machadoi, Ctenopoma multispini, Ctenopoma multispinis, Ctenopoma multispinus, Spirobranchus smithii

Other names and names in other languages (8)
  • Many spined climbing perchEnglish
  • Many-spined climbing perchEnglish
  • Manyspined ctenopomaEnglish
  • Mangepigget BuskfiskDanish
  • Vielstacheliger BuschfischGerman
  • MbunduLozi
  • boNthoTswana
  • Cá rô nhiều gaiVietnamese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the climbing perch

Other species in the same genus Ctenopoma.

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Common questions

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What kind of animal is the climbing perch?

The climbing perch (Ctenopoma multispine) belongs to the family Anabantidae in the order Anabantiformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Climbing perch (Ctenopoma multispine). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/ctenopoma-multispine

MLA

“Climbing perch (Ctenopoma multispine).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/ctenopoma-multispine.

BibTeX
@misc{ctenopoma_multispine_2026,
  title = {Climbing perch (Ctenopoma multispine)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/ctenopoma-multispine},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}