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.[1] It is a species of still or slow flowing waters, especially lakes, ditches and swamps[2] in both fresh and brackish waters. Pseudosphromenus dayi is a bubble nester, the male creates a nest made of bubbles under an overhang or a leaf. The females lays eggs which drop to the substrate and are picked up by both fishes in the pair and placed in the bubble nest.[1] The name Polyacanthus cupanus dayi was first published in 1908 by Köhler in 1908 but Catalog of Fishes refers to this as a nomen nudum and attributes the valid use of the name, with a formal description, to P. Engmann in 1909. The type locality is given as Malacca which is probably an error and should be Kerala.[3] The specific name honors the British ichthyologist and author of the Fishes of India, Francis Day (1830–1889).[4]

Pseudosphromenus dayi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anabantiformes
Family: Osphronemidae
Genus: Pseudosphromenus
Species:
P. dayi
Binomial name
Pseudosphromenus dayi
(Köhler, 1908)
Red:extant, Light red: possibly extant
Synonyms[2]
  • Macropodus dayi (Köhler, 1908)
  • Parosphromenus dayi (Köhler, 1908)
  • Polyacanthus dayi Köhler, 1908

References

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  1. ^ a b c Dahanukar, N.; Rema Devi, K.R. (2020). "Pseudosphromenus dayi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T169623A177056991. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T169623A177056991.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Pseudosphromenus dayi". FishBase. August 2019 version.
  3. ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Polyacanthus cupanus dayi". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
  4. ^ Christopher Scharpf; Kenneth J. Lazara (21 October 2019). "Order ANABANTIFORMES: Families ANABANTIDAE, HELOSTOMATIDAE, OSPHRONEMIDAE, CHANNIDAE, NANDIDAE, BADIDAE, and PRISTOLEPIDIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 18 December 2019.