Pseudosphromenus cupanus
| Spiketail Paradise Fish | |
|---|---|
| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Osphronemidae |
| Genus: | Pseudosphromenus |
| Binomial name | |
| Pseudosphromenus cupanus (G. Cuvier, 1831) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Macropodus cupanus (Cuvier, 1831) | |
Pseudosphromenus cupanus, or the Spiketail Paraside Fish, is a species of medium-small gouramies native to Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka and southeast Asia.[2]
Habitat
Often found in shallow, slow-moving or stagnant water, such as ditches and paddy fields.[2]
Diet
Feed on insects and zooplankton. A bubble nest builder.[2]
Reproduction
Males are known to gather eggs in its mouth, and to gurad the nest after eggs are hatched. The male may build many nests, and periodically move the eggs between them.[2]
References
- ↑ http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/172337/0
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2014). Species of cupanus in FishBase. February 2014 version.