''Pseudosphromenus cupanus'', also known as the spiketail paradisefish is a

species In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate s ...

of medium-small gouramies native to southern

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and

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

. This species is often found in shallow, slow-moving or stagnant water, such as ditches and paddy fields. ''P. cupanus'' eats insects and zooplankton. Males are known to gather eggs in its mouth, and to guard the nest after eggs are hatched. The male may build many nests, and periodically move the eggs between them.

References

cupanus Freshwater fish of Sri Lanka Taxa named by Georges Cuvier Fish described in 1831 {{Anabantiformes-stub