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> Anabantiformes (Gouramies, snakeheads) > Osphronemidae (Gouramies) > Macropodusinae
Etymology: Macropodus:Greek, makros = great + Greek, pous, podos = foot (Ref. 45335); hongkongensis:Named for its type locality, Hong Kong. More on authors: Freyhof & Herder.
পৃষ্ঠীয় কাঁটা (মোট ) : 13 - 14; পৃষ্ঠীয় নরম পাখনা দন্ড (মোট ) : 7 - 8; পায়ূ কাঁটা : 17 - 19; পায়ূর নরম পাখনা্তুন্ড: 13 - 14; কশেরুকা : 29 - 30. Differs from its congeners by the following combination of characters: caudal fin forked; conspicuous dark brown opercular spot; distal part of first soft pelvic-fin ray white; posterior tip or margin of scales on body conspicuously darker than scales, not darker than scales on head and predorsal back; dark spots on top of head; predorsal back with 3-5 dark brown saddle-like blotches; spots and bars on dorsal and caudal-fin membranes grey in preserved and red in live specimens (Ref. 42924). Body shape (shape guide): short and / or deep.
Obligate air-breathing (Ref. 126274); Found in the mountainous regions as well as lowland habitats (Ref. 42924).
জীবনচক্র এবং প্রজনন আচরণ পরিপক্কতা | প্রজনন | ডিম ছাড়া | ডিমসমূহ | ডিম্বধারন ক্ষমতা | শুককীট
Freyhof, J. and F. Herder, 2002. Review of the paradise fishes of the genus Macropodus in Vietnam, with description of two species from Vietnam and southern China (Perciformes: Osphronemidae). Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 13(2):147-167. (Ref. 42924)
আইইউসিএন রেড লিস্টের অবস্থা (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
