Luciocephalus

{{Short description|Genus of fishes}}

{{Automatic_taxobox

| image = Luciocephalus pulcher (Gray, 1830).jpg

| image_caption = Luciocephalus pulcher

| taxon = Luciocephalus

| authority = Bleeker, 1851

| type_species = Diplopterus pulcher

| type_species_authority = J. E. Gray, 1830{{Cof record|genid=2088|title=Luciocephalus|access-date=14 December 2019}}

| range_map = Luciocephalus map.jpg

| 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.