''Pseudosphromenus'' is a

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of medium-small

gourami Gouramis, or gouramies , are a group of freshwater anabantiform fishes that comprise the family Osphronemidae. The fish are native to Asia—from the Indian Subcontinent to Southeast Asia and northeasterly towards Korea. The name "gourami", of ...

es native to

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and

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Species

There are currently 2 recognized species in this genus: * ''

Pseudosphromenus cupanus ''Pseudosphromenus cupanus'', also known as the spiketail paradisefish is a species of medium-small gouramies native to southern India and Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ...

'' ( G. Cuvier, 1831) (Spiketail paradisefish) * ''

Pseudosphromenus dayi ''Pseudosphromenus dayi'' is a species of freshwater ray finned fish from the subfamily Macropodusinae, part of the gourami family Osphronemidae. It occurs in Kerala on both the coastal regions and the Western Ghats. It is a species of still ...

'' (

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, 1908)

References

Macropodusinae Freshwater fish genera Taxa named by Pieter Bleeker {{Anabantiformes-stub