cupanus, Polyacanthus Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1831:357 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 7; ref. 4881] Arian-Coupang River, Puducherry, India. Syntypes: MNHN 0000-0723 (5), SMF 1689 [ex MNHN] (1), ?ZMB 1379 (1). Type catalog: Blanc 1963:73 [ref. 19851], Paepke 1994:317 [ref. 21516]. •Valid as Macropodus cupanus (Cuvier 1831) -- (Ataur Rahman 1989:283 [ref. 24860], Talwar & Jhingran 1991:1002 [ref. 20764], Indra 1993:191 [ref. 24009], Indra 1994:425 [ref. 24015], Arunachalam et al. 2001:129 [ref. 25692], Raju Thomas et al. 2002:51 [ref. 26359], Yadav 2003:25 [ref. 27711]). •Valid as Pseudosphromenus cupanus (Cuvier 1831) -- (Vierke 1986:76 [ref. 36452], Vierke 1988:111 [ref. 36453], Pethiyagoda 1991:267 [ref. 20075], Rema Devi et al. 1996:143 [ref. 24021], Rema Devi et al. 1999:164 [ref. 24758], Menon 1999:300 [ref. 24904], Cherian et al. 2001:461 [ref. 26176], Ataur Rahman 2003:308 [ref. 31338], Kullander et al. 2015:575 [ref. 33900]). Current status: Valid as Pseudosphromenus cupanus (Cuvier 1831). Osphronemidae: Macropodusinae. Distribution: India and Sri Lanka (on ref. 33900). Habitat: freshwater.