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Life Cycle

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Builds a bubble nest. Male gathers the eggs in his mouth and spits them into the nest, sometimes female assists. Eggs hatch in a day. Male guards the nest and the young until they reach the free-swimming stage, which is about a week later. Male has also been observed building more than one bubble nest and moves the eggs from one nest to the other (Ref. 6028).
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Trophic Strategy

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Often found in ditches, paddy fields and shallow water not far from tidal influence (Ref. 1479). Prefers stagnant or slow-flowing water with thick vegetation such as grasses, roots and floating plants. Feeds on insects and zooplankton.
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Biology

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Often found in ditches, paddy fields and shallow water not far from tidal influence (Ref. 1479). Prefer stagnant or slow-flowing water with thick vegetation such as grasses, roots and floating plants. Feed on insects and zooplankton. A bubble nest builder.
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Importance

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fisheries: of no interest; aquarium: commercial
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Pseudosphromenus cupanus

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Pseudosphromenus cupanus, also known as the spiketail paradisefish is a species of medium-small gouramies native to southern India and Sri Lanka.[2] This species is often found in shallow, slow-moving or stagnant water, such as ditches and paddy fields.[3] P. cupanus eats insects and zooplankton.[3] Males are known to gather eggs in its mouth, and to guard the nest after eggs are hatched. The male may build many nests, and periodically move the eggs between them.[3]

References

  1. ^ Abraham, R.; de Alwis Goonatilake, S.; Fernado, M.; Kotagama, O. (2019). "Pseudosphromenus cupanus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T172337A60606154. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T172337A60606154.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. ^ Kullander, S.O., Rahman, M.M., Norén, M. & Mollah, A.R. (2015). "Why is Pseudosphromenus cupanus (Teleostei: Osphronemidae) reported from Bangladesh, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, and Pakistan?" (PDF). Zootaxa. 3990 (4): 575–583. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3990.4.6. PMID 26250251.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
  3. ^ a b c Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2015). Pseudosphromenus cupanus in FishBase. April 2015 version.
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Pseudosphromenus cupanus: Brief Summary

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Pseudosphromenus cupanus, also known as the spiketail paradisefish is a species of medium-small gouramies native to southern India and Sri Lanka. This species is often found in shallow, slow-moving or stagnant water, such as ditches and paddy fields. P. cupanus eats insects and zooplankton. Males are known to gather eggs in its mouth, and to guard the nest after eggs are hatched. The male may build many nests, and periodically move the eggs between them.

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