Microctenopoma damasi

Microctenopoma damasi is a species of fish in the family Anabantidae.[2] It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda. Its natural habitat is rivers.[1] This species was formally described in 1939 as Anabas damasi by the Belgian ichthyologist Max Poll, the type locality given was Semliki River at Ishango in the Democratic Republic of Congo.[3] The type was collected by Hubert Damas (1910-1964) of the University of Liege and when he described the species Poll named Damas as co-author, this meant that Damas was the co-author of a specific name which honoured himself.[4]

Microctenopoma damasi
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Anabantiformes
Family:	Anabantidae
Genus:	Microctenopoma
Species:	M. damasi
Binomial name
Microctenopoma damasi (Poll & Damas, 1939)
Synonyms[2]
Anabas damasi Poll & Damas, 1939 Ctenopoma damasi (Poll & Damas, 1939)

References

1. Twongo, T.K. (2010). "Microctenopoma damasi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T60832A12416447. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T60832A12416447.en.
2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Microctenopoma damasi" in FishBase. August 2019 version.
3. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "spid=45099". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
4. Christopher Scharpf; Kenneth J. Lazara (21 October 2019). "Order ANABANTIFORMES: Families ANABANTIDAE, HELOSTOMATIDAE, OSPHRONEMIDAE, CHANNIDAE, NANDIDAE, BADIDAE, and PRISTOLEPIDIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 13 December 2019.