''Pseudosphromenus'' is a

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of medium-small

gourami Gouramis, or gouramies , are a group of fresh water, freshwater Anabantiformes, anabantiform fish that comprise the family (biology), family Osphronemidae. The fish are native to Asia—from the Indian Subcontinent to Southeast Asia and northeas ...

es native to

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and

southeast Asia Southeast Asia is the geographical United Nations geoscheme for Asia#South-eastern Asia, southeastern region of Asia, consisting of the regions that are situated south of China, east of the Indian subcontinent, and northwest of the Mainland Au ...

Species

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

Pseudosphromenus cupanus ''Pseudosphromenus cupanus'', also known as the spiketail paradisefish or Spiketail betta fish is a species of medium-small gouramies native to southern India and Sri Lanka Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri La ...

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

Pseudosphromenus dayi ''Pseudosphromenus dayi'' or Indian spiketail betta 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. ...

'' (

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, 1908)

References

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