Species Trichopodus trichopterus (Pallas, 1770)

Museums

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External Links

• Labrus trichopterus Pallas, P.S. 1770. Spicilegia Zoologica, quibus novae imprimus et obscurae animalium species iconibus, descriptionibus atque commentariis illustrantur. Berlin Tom. 1 Fasc. 8 54 pp. 5 pls. [45].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown, Java and Ambon Island, Indonesia.

 

Generic Combinations

• Trichogaster trichopterus (Pallas, 1770). —
  Bloch, M.E. & Schneider, J.G. 1801. Systema Ichthyologiae Iconibus ex Illustratum. Berlin 584 pp. 110 pls. [164] (changed combination with description of the genus)
• Trichopodus trichopterus (Pallas, 1770). —
  Lacépède, B.G. 1801. Histoire Naturelle des Poissons. Paris : chez Plassan Vol. 3 558 pp. 34 pls. [125] (changed combination with naming of genus)

 

Introduction

There has been some confusion relating to type species designation over the generic placement of this species, with some authors placing in Trichogaster (see Kottelat 2013).

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

A popular aquarium fish introduced into Australia and presently known from Ross River (19º18'S, 146º47'E) and creeks, near Townsville and lower reaches of the Burdekin River (19º52'S, 147º15'E), QLD; tropical

Introduced from Asia, through aquarium trade.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN)

General References

Corfield, J., Diggles, B., Jubb, C., McDowall, R.M., Moore, A., Richards, A. & Rowe, D.K. 2008. Review of the impacts of introduced ornamental fish species that have established wild populations in Australia. Prepared for the Australian Government Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts. 277 pp.

Harris, J.H. 2013. 11. Fishes from elsewhere. pp. 259-282 in Humphries, P. & Walker, K. (eds). Ecology of Australian Freshwater Fishes. Collingwood, Victoria : CSIRO Publishing 423 pp. [265]

Kottelat, M. 2013. The fishes of the inland waters of southeast Asia: a catalogue and core bibliography of the fishes known to occur in freshwaters, mangroves and estuaries. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Supplement 27: 1-663 [457]

Parenti, L.R. & Lim, K.K.P. 2005. Fishes of the Rajang Basin, Sarawak, Malaysia. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Supplement 13: 175-208 [195]

Roberts, T.R. 1989. The freshwater fishes of western Borneo (Kalimantan Barat, Indonesia). Memoirs of the California Academy of Sciences 14: 1-210 [177]

Webb, A.C. 2007. Status of non-native freshwater fishes in tropical northern Queensland, including establishment success, rates of spread, range and introduction pathways. Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 140: 63–78 [64]

 

Common Name References

McKay, R.J. 1984. Introductions of exotic fishes in Australia. pp. 177-199 in Courtnay, W.R. Jr & Staffer, J.R. Jr (eds). Distribution, Biology and Management of Exotic Fishes. Baltimore : John Hopkins University Press. (Blue Grourami, Golden Gourami, Opaline Gourami)

Pethiyagoda, R. 1991. Freshwater fishes of Sri Lanka. Colombo : The Wildlife Heritage Trust of Sri Lanka 362 pp. [270] (Three Spot Gourami)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
	ANABANTOIDEI	01-Jun-2012	ADDED	Dr Doug Hoese