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Luciocephalus

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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

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

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

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Luciocephalus: Brief Summary

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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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