pulcher, Diplopterus Gray [J. E.] 1830:no page number, Pl. 87 (fig. 1) [Illustrations of Indian zoology; ref. 1878] Neotype locality: Mersing area, stream about kilometer 66 to Kluang, kilometer 166 to Batu Pahat, Johor, Sumatra. Neotype: ZRC 42520. Published about 30 Mar. 1830. Neotype designated by Tan & Ng 2005:129 [28283]. •Valid as Luciocephalus pulcher (Gray 1830) -- (Roberts 1989:178 [ref. 6439], Lim et al. 1990:50 [ref. 16753], Kottelat et al. 1993:159 [ref. 23448], Kottelat & Lim 1996:247 [ref. 23210], Wakiyama et al. 1997:100 [ref. 25519], Ng & Tan 1999:363 [ref. 24159], Doi et al. 2001:17 [ref. 25691], Britz & Kottelat 2002:247 [ref. 26536], Tan & Lim 2004:111 [ref. 27716], Tan & Ng 2005:126 [ref. 28283], Kottelat & Widjanarti 2005:166 [ref. 28284], Parenti & Lim 2005:194 [ref. 28285], Kottelat 2013:453 [ref. 32989], Sulaiman et al. 2018:37 [ref. 35802], Ng et al. 2019:535 [ref. 36606], Ahmad et al. 2023:127 [ref. 41243]). Current status: Valid as Luciocephalus pulcher (Gray 1830). Osphronemidae: Luciocephalinae. Distribution: Southeast Asia: Malaya (Malaysia); Sumatra (Indonesia): Borneo (Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia). IUCN (2019);: Least Concern. Habitat: freshwater.