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Scientific Name: Pseudosphromenus cupanus (Cuvier, 1831)
English Name: Spiketail paradisefish
Local/Bangla Name: Not Known
Photo: Ramani Shirantha (Fishbase)
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Teleostei
Order: Anabantiformes
Family: Osphronemidae
Description:
Shape of body compressed and oblong. It has small and protractile mouth. No teeth on palatine and vomer but cardiform teeth are present. Dorsal starts above the origin of them anal and spines short. Dorsal and anal fin are elongated and pointed. First soft ray of pelvic fin is prolonged, caudal fin is pointed. Ctenoid scales are present.
Color of body is green. Dorsal and caudal barred with spots. Base of caudal with a round dark spots. Numerous dark spot present in head and its color variable.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Found in ditches, paddy fields and shallow water. Prefer stagnant or slow-flowing water with thick vegetation.
Environment:
Freshwater, Brackish (Benthopelagic)
Main References:
Rahman AKA 2005 Freshwater Fishes of Bangladesh, 2nd ed., Zool. Soc. Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh, xviii + 394 pp.
Other References:
Siddiqui KU, Islam MA, Kabir SMH, Ahmad M, Ahmed ATA, Rahman AKA 2005 Freshwater Fishes of Bangladesh, 2nd ed., Zool. Soc. Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh, xviii + 394 pp. AKA, Haque EU, Ahmed ZU, Begum ZNT, Hassan MA, Khondker M, Rahman AKA 2005 Freshwater Fishes of Bangladesh, 2nd ed., Zool. Soc. Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh, xviii + 394 pp. MM (eds.) 2007 Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh, Vol. 23. Freshwater Fishes. Asiatic Society of Bangladesh, Dhaka 300 pp.
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