After Froese & Pauly, 2001 [“The Fishbase”]

<==o Ctenopoma [20]
   |-- C. acutirostre Pellegrin, 1899 (Spotted ctenopoma)
   |-- C. argentoventer (Ahl, 1922) (Silverbelly ctenopoma)
   |-- C. ashbysmithi Banister & Bailey, 1979
   |-- C. breviventrale (Pellegrin, 1938)
   |-- C. ctenotis (Boulenger, 1920)
   |-- C. davidae (Poll, 1939)
   |-- C. garuanum (Ahl, 1927)
   |-- C. kingsleyae Günther, 1896 (Tailspot ctenopoma)
   |-- C. machadoi (Fowler, 1930)
   |-- C. maculatum Thominot, 1886
   |-- C. multispine Peters, 1844 (Manyspined ctenopoma)
   |--o C. muriei (Boulenger, 1906)
   |  |-- C. m. muriei (Boulenger, 1906)
   |  `-- C. m. ocellifer (Nichols, 1928)
   |-- C. nebulosum Norris & Teugels, 1990
   |-- C. nigropannosum Reichenow, 1875 (Twospot climbing perch)
   |-- C. ocellatum Pellegrin, 1899 (Eyespot ctenopoma)
   |-- C. oxyrhynchum (Boulenger, 1902) (Mottled ctenopoma)
   |-- C. pellegrini (Boulenger, 1902)
   |-- C. petherici Günther, 1864
   |-- C. riggenbachi (Ahl, 1927)
   `-- C. togoensis (Ahl, 1928)

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