opercularis, Labrus Linnaeus [C.] 1758:283 [Systema Naturae, Ed. X v. 1; ref. 2787] Asia [probably Canton (Guangzhou), obtained from the Swedish East-Asia Company]. No types known. Also appeared in Linnaeus 1759:248 [ref. 24770]. Based on the Sciaena fasciata of Odhelius 1754 in Specimen Academicus Sistens Chinensia Lagerströmiana. •Valid as Macropodus opercularis (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Okada 1961:746 [ref. 6363], Uyeno & Arai in Masuda et al. 1984:122 [ref. 6441], Feng in Kuang et al. 1986:323 [ref. 26639], Vierke 1986:104 [ref. 36452], Vierke 1988:148 [ref. 36453], Zheng 1989:365 [ref. 21202], Paepke 1990:74 [ref. 20168], Zhong in Pan et al. 1991:509 [ref. 23876], Zhuo in Ding 1994:533 [ref. 21531], Zhu 1995:186 [ref. 25213], Wakiyama et al. 1997:100 [ref. 25519], Wang et al. 1999:75 [ref. 24099], Fuller et al. 1999:473 [ref. 25838], Nakabo 2000:1352 [ref. 25182], Freyhof et al. 2000:97 [ref. 25184], Tang et al. 2001:15 [ref. 25373], Kottelat 2001:62 [ref. 25482], Sakai et al. 2001:122 [ref. 25693], Kottelat 2001:160 [ref. 25780], Freyhof & Herder 2002:149 [ref. 26072], Nakabo 2002:1352 [ref. 26193], Winstanley & Clements 2008:4 [ref. 29886], Ho & Shao 2011:60 [ref. 31432], Kottelat 2013:454 [ref. 32989], Zhang et al. 2016:208 [ref. 34477], Fricke et al. 2018:366 [ref. 35805], Kitagawa 2020:1 [ref. 37982], Fu et al. 2021:9573 [ref. 39347], Guo 2021:884 [ref. 38618], Taki et al. 2021:408 [ref. 39830], Endruweit 2024:59 [ref. 41040]). Current status: Valid as Macropodus opercularis (Linnaeus 1758). Osphronemidae: Macropodusinae. Distribution: Southeast Asia, East Asia: Vietnam, Laos and China to Korea and Japan. Introduced in Madagascar. Habitat: freshwater.