Parosphromenus
{{Short description|Genus of fishes}}
{{Automatic_taxobox
| image = Parosphromenus spec Langgam1.jpg
| image_caption = P. phoenicurus
| taxon = Parosphromenus
| authority = Bleeker, 1877
| type_species = Osphromenus deissneri
| type_species_authority = Bleeker, 1859
}}
Parosphromenus is a genus of gouramies native to freshwater in Southeast Asia.{{FishBase genus | genus = Parosphromenus| month = February | year = 2014}} All species are highly specialized peat swamp inhabitants native to southeast Asia, and the males are usually brightly colored in breeding dress; however, their need for soft, acidic water and live food prohibits the genus from becoming popular aquarium fish.
Conservation Status
In the present day, almost all species of licorice gouramis are endangered. Aquarist-run programs exist to ensure the survival of the many species of licorice gouramis. Trade from specialist breeders is the only way to obtain these rare fish, and specimen must be monitored closely for a species census to check the total population.
Species
The currently recognized species are:{{Cite journal|last1=Tan|first1=Heok Hui|last2=Grinang|first2=Jongkar|date=2020|title=Parosphromenus barbarae, a new species of Licorice Gourami from Sarawak, Borneo (Teleostei: Osphronemidae)|url=https://www.senckenberg.de/de/wissenschaft/publikationen/wissenschaftliche-zeitschriften/vertebrate-zoology/archiv/vz-70-3-07/|doi=10.26049/VZ70-3-2020-07}}{{cite journal | author1 = Shi, W. | author2 = Guo, S. | author3 = Haryono, H. | author4 = Hong, Y. | author5 = Zhang, W. | year = 2021 | title = Diagnoses of two new species of Parosphromenus (Teleostei: Osphronemidae) from Bangka Island and Kalimantan, Indonesia. | journal = Zootaxa | volume = 5060 | issue = 1 | pages = 71–92 | doi = 10.11646/zootaxa.5060.1.3 | pmid = 34811183 | s2cid = 240146825 | doi-access = free }}
- Parosphromenus alfredi Kottelat & P. K. L. Ng, 2005
- Parosphromenus allani B. Brown, 1987
- Parosphromenus anjunganensis Kottelat, 1991
- Parosphromenus barbarae {{small|Tan & Grinang, 2020}}
- Parosphromenus bintan Kottelat & P. K. L. Ng, 1998
- Parosphromenus deissneri (Bleeker, 1859) (licorice gourami)
- Parosphromenus filamentosus Vierke, 1981 (spiketail gourami)
- Parosphromenus gunawani I. Schindler & Linke, 2012
- Parosphromenus harveyi B. Brown, 1987
- Parosphromenus juelinae Shi, Guo, Haryono, Hong, & Zhang, 2021WENTIAN SHI, SHUJIE GUO, HARYONO HARYONO, YIJIANG HONG & WANCHANG ZHANG, 2021, Diagnoses of two new species of Parosphromenus (Teleostei: Osphronemidae) from Bangka Island and Kalimantan, Indonesia, Zootaxa, https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5060.1.3
- Parosphromenus kishii Shi, Guo, Haryono, Hong, & Zhang, 2021
- Parosphromenus linkei Kottelat, 1991
- Parosphromenus nagyi Schaller, 1985
- Parosphromenus opallios Kottelat & P. K. L. Ng, 2005
- Parosphromenus ornaticauda Kottelat, 1991
- Parosphromenus pahuensis Kottelat & P. K. L. Ng, 2005
- Parosphromenus paludicola Tweedie, 1952
- Parosphromenus parvulus Vierke, 1979
- Parosphromenus phoenicurus I. Schindler & Linke, 2012
- Parosphromenus quindecim Kottelat & P. K. L. Ng, 2005
- Parosphromenus rubrimontis Kottelat & P. K. L. Ng, 2005
- Parosphromenus sumatranus Klausewitz, 1955
- Parosphromenus tweediei Kottelat & P. K. L. Ng, 2005
References
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Category:Freshwater fish genera
Category:Taxa named by Pieter Bleeker
Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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