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Fighting fish

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Fighting fish may refer to species of fish in Macropodusinae subfamily as:

  • Wild species of Macropodus genus native to eastern Asia and fight together, such as:[1] Paradise fish (Macropodus opercularis), Black paradisefish (Macropodus spechti), Red-backed paradise fish (Macropodus erythropterus) and Round-tailed paradise fish (Macropodus ocellatus)
  • Wild species of Betta genus live in the Mekong Delta and fight together, such as: Siamese fish (B. splendens, B. imbellis, B. mahachaiensis, B. smaragdina), B. taeniata, B. pugnax, B. sp. Bung Binh...
  • Wild species of Trichopsis genus live in the Mekong Delta and fight together, such as: Sparkling gourami (Trichopsis pumila), Croaking gourami (Trichopsis vittata)

References

  1. ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2014). Species of Macropodus in FishBase. February 2014 version.
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