Macropodus

Macropodus opercularis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Anabantoidei

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae Series: Anabantaria Ordo: Anabantiformes Subordo: Anabantoidei

Familia: Osphronemidae
Subfamilia: Macropodusinae
Genus: Macropodus
Species: M. baviensis – M. erythropterus – M. hongkongensis – M. lineatus – M. minnanensis – M. ocellatus – M. oligolepis – M. opercularis – M. phongnhaensis – M. spechti

Name

Macropodus Lacépède, 1801:416

Type species: Macropodus viridiauratus Lacépède, 1801 (= Labrus opercularis Linnaeus, 1758). Type by monotypy.

References

• Lacépède, B.G.E. 1801: Historie naturelle des poissons. v. 3: i-lxvi + 1-558, Pls. 1-34. BHL
• Günther, A.C.L.G. 1861. Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the acanthopterygian fishes in the collection of the British Museum. Gobiidae, Discoboli, Pediculati, Blenniidae, Labyrinthici, Mugilidae, Notacanthi. London 3: i–xxv + 1–586 + i–x. BHLReference page. 
• Liem, K. F., 1963. The comparative osteology and phylogeny of the Anabantoidei (Teleostei, Pisces). Illinois Biological Monographs No. 30 (for 1963): i-viii + 1-149. BHL
• Freyhof, J. & F. Herder 2002: Review of the paradise fishes of the genus Macropodus in Vietnam, with description of two new species from Vietnam and southern China (Perciformes: Osphronemidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 13(2): 147–167.
• Rüber, L., Britz, R.. & Zardoya R., 2006. Molecular phylogenetics and evolutionary diversification of labyrinth fishes (Perciformes: Anabantoidei). Systematic Biology v. 55 (no. 3): 374–397. Online:
• Winstanley, T. & K.D. Clements, 2008. Morphological re-examination and taxonomy of the genus Macropodus (Perciformes: Osphronemidae). Zootaxa No. 1908: 1-27.
• Kottelat, M. 2013. The fishes of the inland waters of southeast Asia: a catalogue and core bibiography of the fishes known to occur in freshwaters, mangroves and estuaries. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Supplement No. 27: 1–663. PDF. Reference page. 

Links

• Macropodus species list in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
• Macropodus – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
• Macropodus and its species (including synonyms) in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
• Macropodus – Taxon details on National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).
• Macropodus in the World Register of Marine Species

Vernacular names

English: Paradise Fishes
ไทย: ปลาพาราไดซ์
українська: Макропод

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