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Luciocephalus

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Phylum
  
Chordata

Rank
  
Genus

Family
  
Osphronemidae

Higher classification
  
Gourami

Order
  
Perciformes

Luciocephalus pikehead gourami Luciocephalus pulcher Foto Aquaportailcom

Similar
  
Parasphaerichthys, Luciocephalus pulcher, Frail gourami, Gourami, Belontia

Luciocephalus pulcher crocodile pikehead


Luciocephalus is a genus of gouramies native to Southeast Asia. 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.

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Luciocephalus Luciocephalus pulcher Kurt Alex Flickr

Luciocephalus pulcher pikehead


Species

There are currently two recognized species in this genus:

  • Luciocephalus aura H. H. Tan & P. K. L. Ng, 2005
  • Luciocephalus pulcher (J. E. Gray, 1830) (Pikehead)


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    Luciocephalus Luciocephalus aura Peppermint Pikehead a paternal mouthbrooder

    References

    Luciocephalus Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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