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Species in the genus Sphaerichthys: [ 5 ] records

acrostoma, Sphaerichthys Vierke [J.] 1979:342, Fig. [Aquarium Aqua Terra v. 13 (no. 122); ref. 8778] Mentaya River system, 250 kilometers northwest of Bandjarmasin, Kalimantan, Borneo, Indonesia. Holotype: ZMH 6055. Paratypes: SMF 18716 (3). Type catalog: Wilkens & Dohse 1993:420 [ref. 21161]. For comments on type locality see Schaller & Kottelat 1989:35 [ref. 13604]. •Valid as Sphaerichthys acrostoma Vierke 1979 -- (Vierke 1986:112 [ref. 36452], Vierke 1988:157 [ref. 36453], Kottelat et al. 1993:164 [ref. 23448], Kottelat 2013:456 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Valid as Sphaerichthys acrostoma Vierke 1979. Osphronemidae: Luciocephalinae. Distribution: Borneo, Indonesia. Habitat: freshwater.

malayanus, Osphromenus Duncker [G.] 1904:163, Pl. 1 (fig. 8) [Mitteilungen aus dem Naturhistorischen (Zoologischen) Museum in Hamburg v. 21; ref. 5560] Kuala Lumpur, Selangor, Malaysia. Lectotype: ZMH H411a. Paralectotypes: BMNH 1905.5.6.19-20 [ex SSMKL] (2), ZMH H411b (4), ZRC 2310 (1). Type catalog: Alfred 1963:165 [ref. 20555], Wilkens & Dohse 1993:408 [ref. 21161]. Type catalog and lectotype designation: Ladiges et al. 1958:166 [ref. 19181]. •Possibly valid as Sphaerichthys malayanus (Duncker 1904) -- (Roberts 1989:176 [ref. 6439]). •Uncertain as synonym of Sphaerichthys osphromenoides Canestrini 1860 -- (Kottelat 2013:456 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Uncertain as Sphaerichthys osphromenoides Canestrini 1860. Osphronemidae: Luciocephalinae. Distribution: Malaysia (if valid). Habitat: freshwater.

osphromenoides, Sphaerichthys Canestrini [G.] 1860:707 [11] [Verhandlungen der K.-K. zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien; ref. 713] India. NMW. Syntypes: (2). On p. 11 of separate. A translation of the original description is given in Roberts 1989:176 [ref. 6439]. •Possibly valid -- (Roberts 1989:176 [ref. 6439]). •Valid as Sphaerichthys osphromenoides Canestrini 1860 -- (Vierke 1986:112 [ref. 36452], Vierke 1988:158 [ref. 36453], Kottelat et al. 1993:164 [ref. 23448], Kottelat & Lim 1996:248 [ref. 23210], Wakiyama et al. 1997:100 [ref. 25519], Ng & Tan 1999:363 [ref. 24159], Britz & Kottelat 2002:247 [ref. 26536], Tan & Ng 2005:132 [ref. 28283], Parenti & Lim 2005:195 [ref. 28285], Kottelat 2013:456 [ref. 32989], Ng et al. 2019:535 [ref. 36606]). Current status: Valid as Sphaerichthys osphromenoides Canestrini 1860. Osphronemidae: Luciocephalinae. Distribution: Southeast Asia: Malaya (Malaysia), Indonesia: Habitat: freshwater.

selatanensis, Sphaerichthys osphronemoides Vierke [J.] 1979:339, Figured [Aquarium Aqua Terra v. 13 (no. 122); ref. 8778] Near Bandjarmasin, Borneo, Indonesia. Holotype: ZMH 6053. Paratypes: ZMH 6054 (3). Type catalog: Wilkens & Dohse 1993:420 [ref. 21161]. •Valid as Sphaerichthys selatanensis Vierke 1979 -- (Roberts 1989:176 [ref. 6439], Kottelat et al. 1993:164 [ref. 23448], Britz & Kottelat 2002:248 [ref. 26536], Tan & Ng 2005:132 [ref. 28283], Kottelat 2013:456 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Valid as Sphaerichthys selatanensis Vierke 1979. Osphronemidae: Luciocephalinae. Distribution: Indonesia. Habitat: freshwater.

vaillanti, Sphaerichthys Pellegrin [J.] 1930:243 [Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France v. 55 (no. 3); ref. 16119] Kapuas, Sebroeang, Borneo, Indonesia. Syntypes: MNHN 1891-0509 to 0514 (6). Type catalog: Blanc 1963:73 [ref. 19851]. •Valid as Sphaerichthys vaillanti Pellegrin 1930 -- (Vierke 1986:114 [ref. 36452], Vierke 1988:159 [ref. 36453], Roberts 1989:177 [ref. 6439], Kottelat et al. 1993:164 [ref. 23448], Britz & Kottelat 2002:248 [ref. 26536], Kottelat & Widjanarti 2005:166 [ref. 28284]). Current status: Valid as Sphaerichthys vaillanti Pellegrin 1930. Osphronemidae: Luciocephalinae. Distribution: Borneo, Indonesia. Habitat: freshwater.