Animalia > Chordata > Perciformes > Osphronemidae > Luciocephalus

Luciocephalus (Pikehead)

Synonyms: Diplopterus

Wikipedia Abstract

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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Species

Luciocephalus aura (Endangered)
Luciocephalus pulcher (Pikehead)

External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0