Parosphromenus Bleeker [P.] 1877:Pl. 395 (fig. 1) Masc. Osphromenus deissneri Bleeker 1859. Type by monotypy. Appeared first in the caption to Plate 395 in 1877 as above, in text in Bleeker 1879:19 [ref. 457]. Correct spelling for genus of type species is Osphronemus. •Valid as Parosphromenus Bleeker 1877 -- (Liem 1962:37 [ref. 20932], Vierke 1986:107 [ref. 36452], Vierke 1988:151 [ref. 36453], Kottelat 1989:20 [ref. 13605], Roberts 1989:174 [ref. 6439], Kottelat 1991:280 [ref. 13588], Kottelat & Ng 1998:264 [ref. 23320], Britz 2001:316 [ref. 25717], Britz & Kottelat 2002:249 [ref. 26536], Kottelat & Ng 2005:101 [ref. 28282], Tan & Ng 2005:131 [ref. 28283], Schindler & Linke 2012:399 [ref. 32321], Kottelat 2013:455 [ref. 32989], Tan & Grinang 2020:349 [ref. 37711], Shi et al. 2021:71 [ref. 38722]). Current status: Valid as Parosphromenus Bleeker 1877. Osphronemidae: Macropodusinae.