Macropodus

<i>Macropodus</i>

Macropodus

Genus of fishes

Macropodus is a genus of small to medium-sized labyrinth fish native to freshwater habitats in eastern Asia.[3] Most species are restricted to southern China (including Hong Kong and Taiwan) and Vietnam, but M. opercularis occurs as far north as the Yangtze basin, and M. ocellatus occurs north to the Amur River, as well as in Japan and Korea.[3] In China, they are often used for fights, so they are named Chinese bettas because of their similarity to the genus Betta. A few species in the genus are regularly seen in the aquarium trade, and M. opercularis has been introduced to regions far outside its native range.[4]

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Species

As of 2014, the recognized species in this genus are:[3]

References

  1. [1]
    Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Macropodus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
  2. [2]
    Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Osphronemidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
  3. [3]
    Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2014). Species of Macropodus in FishBase. July 2014 version.
  4. [4]
    SeriouslyFish: Macropodus opercularis. Retrieved 16 July 2014.


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