Taxonavigation

Familia: Osphronemidae
Subfamilia: Macropodusinae
Genus: Macropodus
Species: Macropodus opercularis

Name

• Macropodus opercularis (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Original combination: Labrus opercularis

References

• Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis, Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiæ: impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. i–ii, 1–824 pp  DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542: 283. Reference page. 
• Lacépède, B.G.E. 1801: Historie naturelle des poissons. v. 3: i-lxvi + 1-558, Pls. 1-34. BHL
• Paepke, H.-J., 1990. Zur Synonymie von Macropodus chinensis (Bloch, 1790) und M. opercularis (Linné, 1758) und zur Rehabilitation von M. ocellatus Cantor, 1842 (Pisces, Belontiidae). Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin v. 66 (no. 1): 73-78.
• Kottelat, M., 2001. Freshwater fishes of northern Vietnam. A preliminary check-list of the fishes known or expected to occur in northern Vietnam with comments on systematics and nomenclature. Environment and Social Development Unit, East Asia and Pacific Region. The World Bank. i-iii + 1-123 + 1-18, 15 pls.
• Freyhof, J. & F. Herder 2002: Review of the paradise fishes of the genus Macropodus in Vietnam, with description of two new species from Vietnam and southern China (Perciformes: Osphronemidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 13(2): 147–167.
• Winstanley, T. & K.D. Clements, 2008. Morphological re-examination and taxonomy of the genus Macropodus (Perciformes: Osphronemidae). Zootaxa No. 1908: 1-27.
• Ho, H.-C. & Shao, K.-T. 2011. Annotated checklist and type catalog of fish genera and species described from Taiwan. Zootaxa 2957: 1–74. PDF. Reference page. 
• Kottelat, M. 2013. The fishes of the inland waters of southeast Asia: a catalogue and core bibiography of the fishes known to occur in freshwaters, mangroves and estuaries. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Supplement No. 27: 1–663. PDF. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

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