Species that contain: Microctenopoma and ansorgii [ 2 ] records

ansorgii, Anabas Boulenger [G. A.] 1912:23, Pl. 17 (fig. 7) [Annales du Musée du Congo Belge Sér. C (Zoologie) (Sér. 1) v. 2 (fasc. 3); ref. 581] Lagoons near Luali River at Lundo, Democratic Republic of Congo. Syntypes: ANSP 38655-58 (4); BMNH 1912.4.1.480-487 (8?); MRAC 1703-04 (2), 1705-08 (4); NMW 70500 (6); ZMB 18825 (1) Lundo. Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:18 [ref. 13621]. •Valid as Ctenopoma ansorgii (Boulenger 1912) -- (Gosse 1986:403 [ref. 6194], Vierke 1986:43 [ref. 36452], Vierke 1988:65 [ref. 36453], Norris & Douglas 1991:176 [ref. 19507]). •Valid as Microctenopoma ansorgii (Boulenger 1912) -- (Norris 1995:358 [ref. 21948], Britz & Cambray 2001:280 [ref. 25647], Krysanov & Golubtsov 2001:739 [ref. 25916], Norris 2007:259 [ref. 30044], Fricke et al. 2018:366 [ref. 35805], Skelton 2019:227 [ref. 36564], Stiassny et al. 2021:1688 [ref. 39000]). Current status: Valid as Microctenopoma ansorgii (Boulenger 1912). Anabantidae. Distribution: West Africa: Congo and Angola; introduced in Madagascar. Habitat: freshwater.

davidae, Anabas Poll [M.] 1939:50, Fig. 32 [Annales du Musée du Congo Belge Sér C (Zoologie: Poissons, reptiles, amphibies) (Sér. 1) v. 4 (no. 1); ref. 3513] Stanley Pool, Democratic Republic of Congo. Syntypes: MRAC 43971 (1), 43857 (1). Type catalog: Derijst 1991:24 [ref. 21528]. •Valid as Ctenopoma davidae (Poll 1939) -- (Gosse 1986:406 [ref. 6194]). •Synonym of Ctenopoma ansorgei (Boulenger 1912) -- (Norris & Douglas 1991:177 [ref. 19507]). •Synonym of Microctenopoma ansorgii (Boulenger 1912) based on placement of ansorgii. Current status: Synonym of Microctenopoma ansorgii (Boulenger 1912). Anabantidae. Habitat: freshwater.