Biology:Luciocephalus

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Short description: Genus of fishes

Luciocephalus
Luciocephalus pulcher (Gray, 1830).jpg
Luciocephalus pulcher
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anabantiformes
Family: Osphronemidae
Subfamily: Luciocephalinae
Genus: Luciocephalus
Bleeker, 1851
Type species
Diplopterus pulcher
J. E. Gray, 1830[1]
Synonyms
  • Diplopterus J. E. Gray, 1830 (Preoccupied)

Luciocephalus is a genus of gouramies native to Southeast Asia.[2] Both are extremely specialized niche predators native to parts of Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia and Brunei Darussalam; in addition, both species - like a number of other osphronemid genera - are paternal mouthbrooders.

Species

There are currently two recognized species in this genus:[2]

References

  1. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron; van der Laan, Richard, eds. "Luciocephalus". California Academy of Sciences. http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp?genid=2088. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2014). Species of Luciocephalus in FishBase. February 2014 version.

Wikidata ☰ Q1425216 entry