Luciocephalus

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.

Luciocephalus
Luciocephalus pulcher
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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)

Species

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

References

  1. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Luciocephalus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2014). Species of Luciocephalus in FishBase. February 2014 version.


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