Macropodusinae

Paradise fish
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Family:	Osphronemidae
Subfamily:	Macropodusinae
Macropodus Betta Trichopsis Malpulutta Parosphromenus Pseudosphromenus

Macropodusinae are a subfamily of freshwater perciform fishes. The fish are native to Asia, from Pakistan and India to the Malay Archipelago and north-easterly towards Korea.

Species

• Genus Betta
  • Akar betta, B. akarensis Regan, 1910.
  • Betta albimarginata Kottelat & Ng, 1994.
  • Giant betta, B. anabatoides Bleeker, 1851.
  • Betta antoni Tan & Ng, 2006.
  • Betta balunga Herre, 1940.
  • Slim betta, B. bellica Sauvage, 1884.
  • Betta breviobesus Tan & Kottelat, 1998.
  • Betta brownorum Witte & Schmidt, 1992.
  • Betta burdigala Kottelat & Ng, 1994.
  • Betta channoides Kottelat & Ng, 1994.
  • Betta chini Ng, 1993.
  • Betta chloropharynx Kottelat & Ng, 1994.
  • Betta coccina Vierke, 1979.
  • Betta compuncta Tan & Ng, 2006.
  • Betta dimidiata Roberts, 1989.
  • Betta edithae Vierke, 1984.
  • Betta enisae Kottelat, 1995.
  • Betta falx Tan & Kottelat, 1998.
  • Betta foerschi Vierke, 1979.
  • Dusky betta, B. fusca Regan, 1910.
  • Betta hipposideros Ng & Kottelat, 1994.
  • Betta ibanorum Tan & Ng, 2004.
  • Betta ideii Tan & Ng, 2006.
  • Crescent betta, B. imbellis Ladiges, 1975.
  • Betta krataios Tan & Ng, 2006.
  • Betta livida Ng & Kottelat, 1992.
  • Spotfin betta, B. macrostoma Regan, 1910.
  • Betta mandor Tan & Ng, 2006.
  • Betta miniopinna Tan & Tan, 1994.
  • Betta patoti Weber & de Beaufort, 1922.
  • Betta persephone Schaller, 1986.
  • Elephant betta, B. pi Tan, 1998.
  • Spotted betta, Betta picta (Valenciennes, 1846).
  • Betta pinguis Tan & Kottelat, 1998.
  • Big head betta, Betta prima Kottelat, 1994.
  • Forest betta, Betta pugnax (Cantor, 1849).
  • Betta pulchra Tan & Tan, 1996.
  • Betta renata Tan, 1998.
  • Toba betta, Betta rubra Perugia, 1893.
  • Betta rutilans Witte & Kottelat, 1991.
  • Betta schalleri Kottelat & Ng, 1994.
  • Krabi betta, Betta simplex Kottelat, 1994.
  • Emerald green betta, Betta smaragdina Ladiges, 1972.
  • Betta spilotogena Ng & Kottelat, 1994.
  • Siamese fighting fish, Betta splendens Regan, 1910.
  • Betta strohi Schaller & Kottelat, 1989.
  • Borneo betta, Betta taeniata Regan, 1910.
  • Betta tomi Ng & Kottelat, 1994.
  • Betta tussyae Schaller, 1985.
  • Betta uberis Tan & Ng, 2006.
  • Howong betta, Betta unimaculata (Popta, 1905).
  • Betta waseri Krummenacher, 1986.
• Genus Macropodus
  • Macropodus erythropterus Freyhof & Herder, 2002.
  • Macropodus hongkongensis Freyhof & Herder, 2002.
  • Roundtail paradisefish, Macropodus ocellatus (de Beaufort, 1933).
  • Paradise fish, Macropodus opercularis (Linnaeus, 1758).
  • Macropodus spechti Schreitmüller, 1936.
• Genus Malpulutta
  • Ornate paradisefish, Malpulutta kretseri Deraniyagala, 1937.
• Genus Parosphromenus
  • Parosphromenus allani Brown, 1987.
  • Parosphromenus anjunganensis Kottelat, 1991.
  • Parosphromenus bintan Kottelat & Ng, 1998.
  • Licorice gourami, Parosphromenus deissneri (Bleeker, 1859).
  • Spiketail gourami, Parosphromenus filamentosus (Oshima, 1919).
  • Parosphromenus linkei Kottelat, 1991.
  • Parosphromenus nagyi Schaller, 1985.
  • Parosphromenus ornaticauda Kottelat, 1991.
  • Parosphromenus paludicola Tweedie, 1952.
  • Parosphromenus parvulus Vierke, 1979.
• Genus Pseudosphromenus
  • Spiketail paradisefish, Pseudosphromenus cupanus (Cuvier, 1831).
  • Pseudosphromenus dayi (Köhler, 1908).
• Genus Trichopsis
  • Pygmy gourami, Trichopsis pumila (Arnold, 1936).
  • Threestripe gourami, Trichopsis schalleri (Kottelat & Ng, 1994).
  • Croaking gourami, Trichopsis vittata (Cuvier, 1831).

Gallery

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  Betta albimarginata
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  Siamese fighting fish (Betta splendens)
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  Red-backed paradise fish
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  Paradise fish (Macropodus opercularis)

References