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Ornate paradisefish
Conservation status

Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anabantiformes
Family: Osphronemidae
Subfamily: Macropodusinae
Genus: Malpulutta
Deraniyagala, 1937
Species: M. kretseri
Binomial name
Malpulutta kretseri
Deraniyagala, 1937
Red:present, Light red:possibly extinct

The ornate paradisefish (Malpulutta kretseri) or spotted gourami, is a species of gourami endemic to Sri Lanka. It is the only recognized species in its genus.

It inhabits shallow, slow-flowing streams in forested areas shaded with plentiful vegetation near the edges and a substrate covered by leaf litter. It is a carnivore, preying on plankton, fish fry, and the larvae of insects. They can reach a length of 4 cm (1.6 in), though most are only around 2 cm (0.79 in). This species can also occasionally be found in the aquarium trade, where it is reportedly exceedingly shy. The specific name of this fish honours the Sri Lankan lawyer and judge Oswald Leslie De Kretser II.

References

  1. ^ Kotagama, O.; de Alwis Goonatilake, S.; Fernado, M. (2019). "Malpulutta kretseri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T12726A117405689. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T12726A117405689.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Malpulutta kretseri". FishBase. February 2014 version.
  3. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Malpulutta". FishBase. February 2021 version.
  4. Christopher Scharpf; Kenneth J. Lazara (21 October 2019). "Order ANABANTIFORMES: Families ANABANTIDAE, HELOSTOMATIDAE, OSPHRONEMIDAE, CHANNIDAE, NANDIDAE, BADIDAE, and PRISTOLEPIDIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
Taxon identifiers
Malpulutta kretseri


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