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Paradise Gouramis
Macropodus
Macropodus is a genus of fairly small gouramies native to freshwater habitats in eastern Asia. 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. In China, they are often used for fights, so they are named Chinese bettas because of their similarity to the...
8 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 8 known species
Fork Tailed Paradisefish
speciesMacropodus opercularis
Round-tailed Paradisefish
speciesMacropodus ocellatus
Hong Kong Paradise Fish
speciesMacropodus hongkongensis
Red-backed paradisefish
speciesMacropodus erythropterus
Macropodus lineatus
speciesMacropodus lineatus
Macropodus oligolepis
speciesMacropodus oligolepis
Macropodus phongnhaensis
speciesMacropodus phongnhaensis
Black Paradisefish
speciesMacropodus spechti
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 89686.