venustus, Macropodus Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1831:375, Pl. 197 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 7; ref. 4881] Canton, China. No types known. Could be based on a drawing from a fish from Vietnam (Cochinchine). •Synonym of Macropodus opercularis (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Okada 1961:746 [ref. 6363], Freyhof & Herder 2002:149 [ref. 26072], Kottelat 2013:454 [ref. 32989], Endruweit 2024:59 [ref. 41040]). Current status: Synonym of Macropodus opercularis (Linnaeus 1758). Osphronemidae: Macropodusinae. Habitat: freshwater.
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