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Asia: China, Japan and Korea between the rivers Zhujiang (Pearl river) and Heilongjiang (River Amur). Europe: occurrence in the Russian part of Amur basin is probably the result of introductions. Many authors refer to this species by its old name
Macropodus chinensis
, but see Ref. 42237.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: L
m
?
range ? - ? cm
Max length : 8.6 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref.
112059
)
Dorsal
spines
(total): 12 - 19;
Dorsal
soft rays
(total): 5-9;
Anal
spines
: 15-20;
Anal
soft rays
: 7 - 15;
Vertebrae
: 27 - 29. Caudal fin rounded; lower margin of preorbital weakly serrated, embedded under skin (Ref.
559
). Stripe crossing eye not connecting spot on posterior projection of opercle with eye; posterior dorsal-fin rays filamentous behind vertical of posterior anal-fin rays in adults; 6-13 gill rakers on ceratobranchial of first arch; posterior tip of margin of scales on body not darker than scales (Ref.
42924
).
Obligate air-breathing (Ref.
126274
); Biology similar to
Macropodus opercularis
. Reported to be well-adapted to low winter temperatures (4-25°C); adults and juveniles (about 1.5 cm SL), are sometimes active under ice cover (E. Willems pes.comm. 11/12).
Life cycle and mating behavior
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Reproduction
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Eggs
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Larvae
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
)
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804
): PD
50
= 0.5020 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01514 (0.00703 - 0.03260), b=2.92 (2.73 - 3.11), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref.
93245
).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278
): 3.4 ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref.
120179
): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153
): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
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