Macropodus Erythropterus
📖 Overview
Obligate air-breathing ; Inhabits small hill streams along heterogeneously structured shores with many overhanging shrubs and submerged roots .
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Dorsal spines (total): 12 - 16; Dorsal soft rays (total): 6 - 8; Anal spines: 17; Anal soft rays: 13 - 17; Vertebrae: 29. Can be differentiated from its congeners by the following combination of characters: caudal fin forked; opercular spot pale or missing; spots and bars on dorsal and caudal-fin membranes brown, red in life; soft rays in unpaired fins pale brown; predorsal and subdorsal back reddish and body above anal fin base iridescent blue to green in life; body with 10-12 faint and inconspicuous dark bars; top of head and predorsal body without dark spots; posterior tip or margin of scales on body conspicuously darker than scales; distal part of first soft pelvic-fin ray red in life .: short and / or deep.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Macropodus Erythropterus is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
🥚 Reproduction
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Freshwater; pelagic. Tropical
🌿 Ecology
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
🛡️ Conservation Assessment
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
🦠 Common Diseases
The following diseases are known to affect Macropodus Erythropterus.
🔍 Similar Species
🗺️ Global Occurrence Map
Occurrence records from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) - 1 records indexed .
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