Fork Tailed Paradisefish
Macropodus opercularis
- Least concern
- Card rarity: Common
- Fish
The fork-tailed paradisefish, or paradise gourami, is a species of pelagic, long-finned freshwater ray-finned fish in the family Osphronemidae, found in most freshwaters of East Asia ranging from eastern China down to northern Vietnam. This anabantiform fish can reach a standard length of 6.7 cm, though most are only about 5.5 cm .
Classification
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Anabantiformes
- Family
- Osphronemidae
- Genus
- Macropodus