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Species related to Macropodus opercularis: [ 8 ] records

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], Iftime & Oţel 2025:29 [ref. 42600], Matsunuma et al. 2026:452 [ref. 43110]). Current status: Valid as Macropodus opercularis (Linnaeus 1758). Osphronemidae: Macropodusinae. Distribution: Southeast Asia, East Asia: Vietnam, Laos, China and Taiwan north to Korea and Japan. IUCN (2012): Least Concern. Introduced in Romania and Madagascar. Habitat: freshwater.

chinensis, Chaetodon Bloch [M. E.] 1790:5, Pl. 218 (fig. 1) [Naturgeschichte der ausländischen Fische v. 4; ref. 469] China. Holotype (unique): ZMB 1389. Type catalog: Paepke 1994:315 [ref. 21516], Paepke 1999:51 [ref. 24282]. On p. 5 of Bloch's Ichthyologie, v. 7 [ref. 21381]. •Valid as Macropodus chinensis (Bloch 1790) -- (Okada 1961:744 [ref. 6363], Uyeno & Arai in Masuda et al. 1984:122 [ref. 6441], Wang 1984:95 [ref. 22951], Vierke 1986:102 [ref. 36452], Vierke 1988:146 [ref. 36453], Kawanabe & Mizuno 1989:467 [ref. 25598], Zhuo in Ding 1994:533 [ref. 21531], Zhu 1995:186 [ref. 25213], Cheng & Zhou 1997:401 [ref. 26385], Kim 1997:485 [ref. 24032], Wang et al. 1999:75 [ref. 24099], Nakabo 2000:1352 [ref. 25182], Matsuura et al. 2000:247 [ref. 26000], Wang et al. 2001:284 [ref. 26566], Nakabo 2002:1352 [ref. 26193], Choi et al. 2003:426, 679 [ref. 26218], Zhang et al. 2016:208 [ref. 34477], Guo 2021:887 [ref. 38618]). •Synonym of Macropodus opercularis (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Paepke 1990:74 [ref. 20168], Freyhof & Herder 2002:149 [ref. 26072], Naseka & Bogutskaya 2004:280 [ref. 27838], Kottelat 2013:454 [ref. 32989], Endruweit 2024:59 [ref. 41040]). Current status: Synonym of Macropodus opercularis (Linnaeus 1758). Osphronemidae: Macropodusinae. Habitat: freshwater.

viridiauratus, Macropodus Lacepède [B. G. E.] 1801:416, 417, Pl. 16 (fig. 1) [Histoire naturelle des poissons (Lacepède) v. 3; ref. 2710] China. Syntypes: ?SMF 0571 [ex MNHN in 1830] (3). Originally viridi-auratus. •Synonym of Macropodus opercularis (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Zheng 1989:365 [ref. 21202], 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.

filamentosus, Macropodus Oshima [M.] 1919:278, Pl. 52 (fig. 2) [Annals of the Carnegie Museum v. 12 (nos 2-4); ref. 3312] Lan-yu Island (Kotosho, Botel Tobago Island), Taiwan. Holotype (unique): FMNH 59123 [ex CM 8261]. Type catalog: Henn 1928:89 [ref. 12305], Ibarra & Stewart 1987:54 [ref. 12367], Ho & Shao 2011:60 [ref. 31432]. •Synonym of Macropodus opercularis (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Freyhof & Herder 2002:149 [ref. 26072], Ho & Shao 2011:60 [ref. 31432], Kottelat 2013:454 [ref. 32989], Endruweit 2024:59 [ref. 41040]). Current status: Synonym of Macropodus opercularis (Linnaeus 1758). Osphronemidae: Macropodusinae. Habitat: freshwater.

simoni, Macropodus Dabry de Thiersant [P.] 1872:187 [La pisciculture et la pêche en Chine; ref. 12507] Name only, not available. Possibly based on the paradisefish [Macropodus opercularis] sent to Europe. •In the synonymy of Macropodus opercularis (Linnaeus 1758). Nomen Nudum. Current status: Synonym of Macropodus opercularis (Linnaeus 1758). Osphronemidae: Macropodusinae.

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.

baviensis, Macropodus Nguyen [H. D.] & Nguyen [V. H.] in Nguyen 2006:644, Fig. 11 [Freshwater fishes of Vietnam v. 3; ref. 29809] Creek Hai, Red River delta, Ba Vi district, Ha Tay Province, Vietnam, about 21°10'N, 105°23'E. Holotype: HNUE (lost). Paratypes: HNUE (2, lost). •Valid as Macropodus baviensis Nguyen & Nguyen 2006. •Questionably a synonym of Macropodus opercularis (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Kottelat 2013:454 [ref. 32989]). •Synonym of Macropodus opercularis (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Endruweit 2024:59 [ref. 41040]). Current status: Synonym of Macropodus opercularis (Linnaeus 1758). Osphronemidae: Macropodusinae. Habitat: freshwater.

paradisi, Macropodus Joly [M. N.] 1873:317, Fig. 24 [v. 5; ref. 33956] Ning Po, China [probably based upon the off-spring of the first importation of the paradisefish to France]. No types known. •Synonym of Macropodus opercularis (Linnaeus 1758). Current status: Synonym of Macropodus opercularis (Linnaeus 1758). Osphronemidae: Macropodusinae. Habitat: freshwater.