Species that contain: Sphaerichthys and osphromenoides [ 2 ] records

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.