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Parosphromenus alfredi Kottelat & Ng, 2005

Source-backed taxonomic record

Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Parosphromenus alfredi Kottelat & Ng, 2005
Name authority
Kottelat & Ng, 2005
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Teleostei
Order
Anabantiformes
Family
Osphronemidae
Genus
Parosphromenus
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. genusParosphromenus Bleeker, 1877
  15. speciesParosphromenus alfredi Kottelat & Ng, 2005

Close classified relatives

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

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Parosphromenus bintan Kottelat & Ng, 1998OsphronemidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Parosphromenus filamentosus Vierke, 1981OsphronemidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Parosphromenus opallios Kottelat & Ng, 2005OsphronemidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Parosphromenus phoenicurus Schindler & Linke, 2012OsphronemidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Parosphromenus sumatranus Klausewitz, 1955OsphronemidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Parosphromenus allani Brown, 1987OsphronemidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Parosphromenus quindecim Kottelat & Ng, 2005OsphronemidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Parosphromenus barbarae Tan & Grinang, 2020OsphronemidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Parosphromenus anjunganensis Kottelat, 1991OsphronemidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Parosphromenus deissneri (Bleeker, 1859)OsphronemidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Parosphromenus gunawani Schindler & Linke, 2012OsphronemidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Parosphromenus harveyi Brown, 1987OsphronemidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied

Browse 101 records assigned to Osphronemidae.

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. Kottelat, M.; P. K. L. Ng, P. K. L. (2005). Diagnoses of six new species of Parosphromenus (Teleostei: Osphronemidae) from Malay Peninsula and Borneo, with notes on other species. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Suppl., 13: 101–113. 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:4DSNT. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.