Luciocephalus

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

Luciocephalus is a genus of gouramies native to Southeast Asia.[1] 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:[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2014). Species of Luciocephalus in FishBase. February 2014 version.


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