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