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Luciocephalus
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| Luciocephalus | |
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| Luciocephalus pulcher | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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]
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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
[edit]There are currently two recognized species in this genus:[2]
- Luciocephalus aura H. H. Tan & P. K. L. Ng, 2005
- Luciocephalus pulcher (J. E. Gray, 1830) (Pikehead)
References
[edit]- ^ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Luciocephalus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Luciocephalus". FishBase. February 2014 version.
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