Classification / Names
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Anabantiformes (Gouramies, snakeheads) >
Osphronemidae (Gouramies) > Macropodusinae
Etymology: Parosphromenus: Greek, para in the side of + Greek, osphromenos, osphrainomai = to smell (Ref. 45335); tweediei: Named for the late Michael W.F. Tweedie, whose series of ichthyological publications in the 1950s has been most helpful in furthering studies of Malayan freshwater fishes.
Eponymy: Michael Wilmer Forbes Tweedie (1907–1993) was a herpetologist, ichthyologist, archaeologist and all-round naturalist who worked (1932–1971) at the Raffles Museum (now called the Singapore National Museum). [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on authors: Kottelat & Ng.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; benthopelagic; pH range: 4.0 - ?. Tropical
Asia: Johor, Malaysia.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 2.5 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 56232)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsal spines (total): 10 - 12; Dorsal soft rays (total): 6 - 7; Anal spines: 10 - 12; Anal soft rays: 9 - 13. Differs from its congeners by the unique coloration of the unpaired fins of the male, especially by the broad red band between two broad black bands and the absence of blue markings (Ref. 56232).
Facultative air-breathing (Ref. 126274)
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Kottelat, M. and P.K.L. Ng, 2005. Diagnoses of six new species of Parosphromenus (Teleostei: Osphronemidae) from Malay Peninsula and Borneo, with notes on other species. Raffles Bull. Zool. Supplement (13):101-113. (Ref. 56232)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
Endangered (EN) (B1ab(iii,iv,v)+2ab(iii,iv,v)); Date assessed: 14 January 2019
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
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