Parosphromenus ornaticauda Kottelat, 1991
Parosphromenus ornaticauda
photo by JJPhoto

Family:  Osphronemidae (Gouramies), subfamily: Macropodusinae
Max. size:  1.8 cm SL (male/unsexed)
Environment:  benthopelagic; freshwater; depth range - 0 m
Distribution:  Asia: Indonesia.
Diagnosis:  A dwarf species which differs from all other species of the genus by the conspicuous color pattern of the caudal fin of the male (lower half black with 1-3 hyaline spots and a broad hyaline lower margin; upper half with a broad longitudinal orange stripe, a broad submarginal black stripe and a hyaline upper margin) and by the large extent of black pigments on the dorsal and caudal fins (Ref. 26721).
Biology: 
IUCN Red List Status: Critically Endangered (CR); Date assessed: 13 January 2019 (B2ab(iii)) Ref. (130435)
Threat to humans:  harmless


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