On these pages you will meet friends of the highly endangered
Licorice Guramies, small labyrinth fishes of the genus Parosphromenus from the peat swamps in South East Asia.
Here you will find all important informations about these jewels from the rapidly disappearing primary forests in Malaysia and Indonesia.
At the same time you will learn all about the Parosphromenus-Project.
Become a member and take part in this, one of the first international projects which is not just about keeping fish for pleasure, but also about how to preserve them for the future.
The Parosphromenus Project is a member of ASAP and IUCN and strategic partner with Shoal Read more about what this means here
A major work which has been completed by Becky Goodwin and Joe Hutchins at Chester Zoo – and which the Parosphromenus Project has contributed to has now been approved by and made available online by EAZA. Acknowledgement also to Brian Zimmerman, Bristol Zoo Project, Bolton Library and Museum Services, Den Blå Planet, Zoo Ostrava, Malmö museum
© K. Keibel
Link to Husbandry Guidelines for Parosphromenus spp.
Parosphromenus species is by now kept by a number of Zoo’s in Europe, – as part of the difficult conservation effort for the species of Parosphromenus threatened in many of their original habitats.
To celebrate this we would like to contribute to this theme here on the front-page of our new version of the homepage.