Pseudosphromenus cupanus
Pseudosphromenus cupanus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Anabantiformes |
Family: | Osphronemidae |
Genus: | Pseudosphromenus |
Species: | P. cupanus
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Binomial name | |
Pseudosphromenus cupanus (G. Cuvier, 1831)
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Synonyms | |
Macropodus cupanus Cuvier, 1831 |
Pseudosphromenus cupanus, also known as the spiketail paradisefish is a species of medium-small gouramies native to southern India and Sri Lanka.[2] This species is often found in shallow, slow-moving or stagnant water, such as ditches and paddy fields.[3] P. cupanus eats insects and zooplankton.[3] 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.[3]
References[]
- ^ Abraham, R.; de Alwis Goonatilake, S.; Fernado, M.; Kotagama, O. (2019). "Pseudosphromenus cupanus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T172337A60606154. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T172337A60606154.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ 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.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
- ^ a b c Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2015). Pseudosphromenus cupanus in FishBase. April 2015 version.
Categories:
- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Pseudosphromenus
- Freshwater fish of Sri Lanka
- Taxa named by Georges Cuvier
- Fish described in 1831
- Ray-finned fish stubs