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Spiketail gourami

Pseudosphromenus cupanus (Cuvier, 1831)

Status not recordedbony fish

The spiketail gourami (Pseudosphromenus cupanus) is a species in the family Osphronemidae, order Anabantiformes.

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Quick facts about the spiketail gourami

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the spiketail gourami live?

Not recorded

Is the spiketail gourami endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the spiketail gourami classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderAnabantiformes
  5. familyOsphronemidae
  6. genusPseudosphromenus
  7. SpeciesPseudosphromenus cupanus (Cuvier, 1831)

Synonyms Macropodus cupanus, Macropodus cupanus cupanus, Polyacanthus cupanus, Psedosphronemus cupanus

Other names and names in other languages (13)
  • Day's paradisefishEnglish
  • Spike-tailed paradise fishEnglish
  • Spiketail paradise fishEnglish
  • কৈBangla
  • rájovec ostroocasýCzech
  • ChittuKannada
  • KarinkanaMalayalam
  • ostrogon kupangPolish
  • Colisa-de-KupangPortuguese
  • КупанусRussian
  • பன்னாTamil
  • কই বান্দিBangla
  • ostrogon z KupangPolish

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the spiketail gourami

Other species in the same genus Pseudosphromenus.

CompareSpiketail gourami vs Brown spiketail gourami

Common questions

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What kind of animal is the spiketail gourami?

The spiketail gourami (Pseudosphromenus cupanus) belongs to the family Osphronemidae in the order Anabantiformes.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Spiketail gourami (Pseudosphromenus cupanus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/pseudosphromenus-cupanus

MLA

“Spiketail gourami (Pseudosphromenus cupanus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/pseudosphromenus-cupanus.

BibTeX
@misc{pseudosphromenus_cupanus_2026,
  title = {Spiketail gourami (Pseudosphromenus cupanus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/pseudosphromenus-cupanus},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}