Biology:Pseudosphromenus dayi
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anabantiformes |
| Family: | Osphronemidae |
| Genus: | Pseudosphromenus |
| Species: | P. dayi
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| Pseudosphromenus dayi (Köhler, 1908)
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Pseudosphromenus dayi is a species of freshwater ray finned fish from the subfamily Macropodusinae, part of the gourami family Osphronemidae. It occurs in Kerala on both the coastal regions and the Western Ghats.[1] It is a species of still or slow flowing waters, especially lakes, ditches and swamps[2] in both fresh and brackish waters. Pseudosphromenus dayi is a bubble nester, the male creates a nest made of bubbles under an overhang or a leaf. The females lays eggs which drop to the substrate and are picked up by both fishes in the pair and placed in the bubble nest.[1] The name Polyacanthus cupanus dayi was first published in 1908 by Köhler in 1908 but Catalog of Fishes refers to this as a nomen nudum and attributes the valid use of the name, with a formal description, to P. Engmann in 1909. The type locality is given as Malacca which is probably an error and should be Kerala.[3] The specific name honors the British ichthyologist and author of the Fishes of India, Francis Day (1830–1889).[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Dahanukar, N.; Rema Devi, K.R. (2020). "Pseudosphromenus dayi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T169623A177056991. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T169623A177056991.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/169623/177056991. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Pseudosphromenus dayi" in FishBase. August 2019 version.
- ↑ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron; van der Laan, Richard, eds. "Polyacanthus cupanus dayi". California Academy of Sciences. http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp?spid=62256.
- ↑ "Order ANABANTIFORMES: Families ANABANTIDAE, HELOSTOMATIDAE, OSPHRONEMIDAE, CHANNIDAE, NANDIDAE, BADIDAE, and PRISTOLEPIDIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 21 October 2019. http://www.etyfish.org/anabantiformes/.
Wikidata ☰ Q2936608 entry
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