Black paradisefish

Black paradisefish
Conservation status
	; Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Anabantiformes
Family:	Osphronemidae
Genus:	Macropodus
Species:	M. spechti
Binomial name
	Macropodus spechti; Schreitmüller, 1936
Synonyms
	Macropodus opercularis spechti Schreitmüller, 1936; Macropodus opercularis concolor Ahl, 1936; Macropodus concolor Ahl, 1936;

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).^[2] 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.

References

^ Huckstorf, V. (2012). "Macropodus spechti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T181095A1697999. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T181095A1697999.en.
^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2014). "Macropodus spechti" in FishBase. February 2014 version.

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[iucn-1] Huckstorf, V. (2012). "Macropodus spechti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T181095A1697999. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T181095A1697999.en.

[2] Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2014). "Macropodus spechti" in FishBase. February 2014 version.

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