Macropodus spechti Schreitmüller, 1936

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The black paradisefish (Macropodus spechti) is a species of gourami endemic to Vietnam. It is an inhabitant of hill streams, lowland streams, and irrigation ditches in farmland. This species grows to a standard length of 5.8 cm (2.3 in). It is found in the Thu Bon River and Perfume River; its habitat is hill streams, along backwaters of large rivers and small stream and irrigation channels on farmland. Aside from possibly being used as an ornamental fish, nothing else is known about the species.

Wikipedia contributors, Black paradisefish; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T23:06:54.768791+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.

Identity & source status

Scientific name

Macropodus spechti Schreitmüller, 1936

Name authority

Schreitmüller, 1936

Rank

species

Accepted status

accepted

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Teleostei

Order

Anabantiformes

Family

Osphronemidae

Genus

Macropodus

Extinction status

Not supplied by this source

Source habitat flags: Marine: no · Freshwater: yes · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.

Classification family tree

Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.

1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
2. kingdomAnimalia
3. phylumChordata
4. subphylumVertebrata
5. infraphylumGnathostomata
6. parvphylumOsteichthyes
7. gigaclassActinopterygii
8. superclassActinopteri
9. classTeleostei
10. orderAnabantiformes
11. suborderAnabantoidei
12. familyOsphronemidae van der Hoeven, 1832
13. subfamilyMacropodusinae Hoedeman, 1948
14. genusMacropodus Lacepède, 1801
15. speciesMacropodus spechti Schreitmüller, 1936

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Macropodus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

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Names & synonyms

Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.

Source literature & publication evidence

References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.

1. Schreitmüller, W. (1936). Ein neuer Makropode (?). Macropodus opercularis L. var. spechti Schreitm. (1936), (Netz- oder Gitterparadiesfisch). Das Aquarium: Eine Zeitschrift Mit Bildern Für Liebhaber, Schulen Und Naturfreunde, Berlin, Berlin v. 10 (no. 10): 181–182. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references

Origins, evidence & remaining research

Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.

Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.

Dataset citation & attribution

This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11

Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.

Stable key: col:3X8M8. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.