Parosphromenus

Parosphromenus
	P. phoenicurus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Anabantiformes
Family:	Osphronemidae
Subfamily:	Macropodusinae
Genus:	Parosphromenus; Bleeker, 1877
Type species
	Osphromenus deissneri; Bleeker, 1859

Parosphromenus is a genus of gouramies native to freshwater in Southeast Asia.^[1] All species are highly specialized peat swamp inhabitants native to southeast Asia, and the males are usually brightly colored in breeding dress; however, their need for soft, acidic water and live food prohibits the genus from becoming popular aquarium fish.

Species[]

The currently recognized species are:^[1]^[2]^[3]

Kottelat & , 2005
, 1987
Kottelat, 1991
Tan & Grinang, 2020
Kottelat & P. K. L. Ng, 1998
Parosphromenus deissneri (Bleeker, 1859) (licorice gourami)
, 1981 (spiketail gourami)
& , 2012
Parosphromenus harveyi B. Brown, 1987
Shi, Guo, Haryono, Hong, & Zhang, 2021
Shi, Guo, Haryono, Hong, & Zhang, 2021
Kottelat, 1991
, 1985
Kottelat & P. K. L. Ng, 2005
Kottelat, 1991
Kottelat & P. K. L. Ng, 2005
Tweedie, 1952
Vierke, 1979
I. Schindler & Linke, 2012
Kottelat & P. K. L. Ng, 2005
Kottelat & P. K. L. Ng, 2005
Klausewitz, 1955
Kottelat & P. K. L. Ng, 2005

References[]

^ ^a ^b Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2014). Species of Parosphromenus in FishBase. February 2014 version.
^ Tan, Heok Hui; Grinang, Jongkar (2020). "Parosphromenus barbarae, a new species of Licorice Gourami from Sarawak, Borneo (Teleostei: Osphronemidae)". doi:10.26049/VZ70-3-2020-07. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
^ Shi, W.; Guo, S.; Haryono, H.; Hong, Y.; Zhang, W. (2021). "Diagnoses of two new species of Parosphromenus (Teleostei: Osphronemidae) from Bangka Island and Kalimantan, Indonesia". Zootaxa. 5060 (1): 71–92.

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[FishBase-1] Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2014). Species of Parosphromenus in FishBase. February 2014 version.

[2] Tan, Heok Hui; Grinang, Jongkar (2020). "Parosphromenus barbarae, a new species of Licorice Gourami from Sarawak, Borneo (Teleostei: Osphronemidae)". doi:10.26049/VZ70-3-2020-07. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

[3] Shi, W.; Guo, S.; Haryono, H.; Hong, Y.; Zhang, W. (2021). "Diagnoses of two new species of Parosphromenus (Teleostei: Osphronemidae) from Bangka Island and Kalimantan, Indonesia". Zootaxa. 5060 (1): 71–92.

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Parosphromenus

P. phoenicurus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Anabantiformes
Family:	Osphronemidae
Subfamily:	Macropodusinae
Genus:	Parosphromenus Bleeker, 1877
Type species
Osphromenus deissneri Bleeker, 1859