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Luciocephalus
Luciocephalus pulcher
Scientific 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
Synonyms
Diplopterus J. E. Gray, 1830 (Preoccupied)

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.

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)

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; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Luciocephalus". FishBase. February 2014 version.

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