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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.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologia
; Água doce pelágico(a,os,as). Tropical
Asia: Hong Kong.
Tamanho / Peso / Idade
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 6.0 cm SL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 42924)
Espinhos dorsais (total) : 13 - 14; Raios dorsais (total) : 7 - 8; Espinhos anais: 17 - 19; Raios anais : 13 - 14; Vértebras: 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).
Obligate air-breathing (Ref. 126274); Found in the mountainous regions as well as lowland habitats (Ref. 42924).
Ciclo de vida ou comportamento de acasalamento
Maturities | Reprodução | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larvas
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)
Status na Lista Vermelha da UICN (Ref. 130435)
Ameaça para os humanos
Harmless
Uso pelos humanos
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Estimates based on models
Índice de diversidade filogenética (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5020 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01698 (0.00676 - 0.04264), b=2.97 (2.75 - 3.19), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Nível Trófico (Ref.
69278): 3.4 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resiliência (Ref.
120179): Elevada, tempo mínimo de duplicação da população menor que 15 meses (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).