Pseudosphromenus

Genus of fishes

Pseudosphromenus
Pseudosphromenus cupanus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anabantiformes
Family: Osphronemidae
Subfamily: Macropodusinae
Genus: Pseudosphromenus
Bleeker, 1879
Type species
Polyacanthus cupanus
G. Cuvier, 1831
Red/Blue: extant , Light red/blue: possibly extant

Pseudosphromenus is a genus of medium-small gouramies native to south and southeast Asia.[1]

Species

There are currently 2 recognized species in this genus:[2]

  • Pseudosphromenus cupanus (G. Cuvier, 1831) (Spiketail paradisefish)
  • Pseudosphromenus dayi (Köhler, 1908)

References

  1. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Pseudosphromenus". FishBase. April 2015 version.
  2. ^ Kullander, S.O.; Rahman, M.M.; Norén, M.; Mollah, A.R. (2015). "Why is Pseudosphromenus cupanus (Teleostei: Osphronemidae) reported from Bangladesh, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, and Pakistan?" (PDF). Zootaxa. 3990 (4): 575–583. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3990.4.6. PMID 26250251.
Taxon identifiers
Pseudosphromenus


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