The
PAROSPHROMENUS PROJECT

The
PAROSPHROMENUS
PROJECT

Category: The Genus Parosphromenus

Species

The species currently known to science Today the biological science knows 23 , which have been recognised through published first descriptions, but many more forms

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Politics

The Licorice Gourami  in the Aquarium leads inevitably to Politics. Keeping an aquarium is by and large an unpolitical hobby. Most aquarists do not look

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Genus

The Genus Parosphromenus Bleeker 1877 The fish that Pieter Bleeker described scientifically for the first time in 1859, differed significantly from the already known members

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Aquaristics

The fish tank is only the second home of the licorice gourami We have to be aware of the fact that the real home of

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Evolution

Evolution: still very speculative, but extremely exciting We know only a little about the evolution of the genus Parosphromenus. The striking similarity of these fish

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Genetics

No area of biology can ignore genetics today The genetic research on fish certainly lags behind significantly regarding time and extent compared to the research

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Taxonomy

The  traditional method of species description is under discussion today. The traditional taxonomic methodology is a museum task which includes the evaluation of body structures,

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Other Forms

Science can not follow: further already known forms The licorice gouramis, shown on this website as ”species”, are only those   described and known to science.

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Discovery

The history of discovery of the Licorice Gouramis has lasted for 150 years The discovery of these fish began 150 years ago and is not

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Threats

The survival of the Licorice gourami is not secure Today the existence of all fish within this genuss is highly endangered, due to the rapid

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