Macropodusinae

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
Genera (6): Betta – Macropodus – Malpulutta – Parosphromenus – Pseudosphromenus – Trichopsis

Name

Macropodusinae Hoedeman, 1948

Synonyms

Macropodinae Hoedeman, 1948
Macropodinae Liem, 1963

ICZN Opinion

Spelling emended from MACROPODINAE by the ruling under the plenary power that for the purposes of Article 29 of the Code the stem of the generic name Macropodus Lacepède, 1801 is MACROPODUS-. ICZN Op. 2058. This avoids homonymy with Macropodinae Gray, 1821 (Mammalia).

References

Liem, K. F., 1963. The comparative osteology and phylogeny of the Anabantoidei (Teleostei, Pisces). Illinois Biological Monographs No. 30: i-viii + 1-149. BHL
Britz, R., 2001. The genus Betta -- monophyly and intrarelationships, with remarks on the subfamilies Macropodinae and Luciocephalinae (Teleostei: Osphronemidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters v. 12 (no. 4): 305–318.
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.
Nelson, J.S., Grande, T.C. & Wilson, M.V.H. (eds) 2016. Fishes of the World, 5th edition. John Wiley & Sons, Hoboken, N. J. v–xli + 1–707. ISBN 978-1-118-34233-6. Reference page.

Links

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

Vernacular names

svenska: Makropoder
українська: Макроподові

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