Pseudosphromenus cupanus

Spiketail paradisefish
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Osphronemidae
Genus: Pseudosphromenus
Species: P. cupanus
Binomial name
Pseudosphromenus cupanus
(G. Cuvier, 1831)
Synonyms

Macropodus cupanus Cuvier, 1831
Macropodus cupanus Cuvier, 1831
Polyacanthus cupanus Cuvier, 1831
Polyacanthus cupanus Cuvier, 1831

Pseudosphromenus cupanus, also known as the spiketail parasidefish is a species of medium-small gouramies native to southern India and Sri Lanka.[1] This species is often found in shallow, slow-moving or stagnant water, such as ditches and paddy fields.[2] P. cupanus eats insects and zooplankton.[2] Males are known to gather eggs in its mouth, and to guard the nest after eggs are hatched. The male may build many nests, and periodically move the eggs between them.[2]

References

  1. 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.
  2. 1 2 3 Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2015). Pseudosphromenus cupanus in FishBase. April 2015 version.


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