Macropodus opercularis (breeding)

Domain: Eukaryota • Regnum: Animalia • Phylum: Chordata • Subphylum: Vertebrata • Infraphylum: Gnathostomata • Cladus: Osteichthyes • Classis: Actinopterygii • Subclassis: Neopterygii • Infraclassis: Teleostei • Superordo: Acanthopterygii • Ordo: Perciformes • Subordo: Anabantoidei • Familia: Osphronemidae • Subfamilia: Macropodusinae • Genus: Macropodus • Species: Macropodus opercularis (Linnaeus, 1758)

• See the Macropodus opercularis category for all about the species.
• For sexual dimorphism, see the specific gallery.

Images

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  Macropodus opercularis pair. Female (left) and male (right).
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  Macropodus opercularis pair. Female (left), male (right). The male is in breeding display.
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  The male taking care of the spawn and the bubble nest.
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  Bubble nest with eggs.
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  Spawn hatched with male.
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  Fries newborn and nest detail.
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  Paradise baby fishes just hatched, gathered under the surface of the bubble net.
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  Fries in the nest.

Movies

• A pair of Macropodus opercularis copulation.