Macropodus opercularis

Basic information
Scientific name	Macropodus opercularis	(No picture)
Common names	Paradise fish
Higher taxon	Osphronemidae, Perciformes, Actinopterygii
Natural range	Continental China (Fujian and southern part), Taiwan, SE Asia, N Phlippine. Whether the Okinawajima population is native or not remains unclear.
Habitat	Lentic freshwater or slow stream with abundant aquatic grass. Ponds, swamps, lower part of rivers, or rice fields.

Invasion information
Range in Japan	Okinoerabujima Is. (Amami Islands) and Okinawajima Is. Whether the Okinawajima population is native or not remains unclear.
Origin	Korea
Date	1914
Route	Unknown.
Impact	Unknown impact.
Regulation in Japan	No action for prevention, mitigation, control, or eradication.
Introduced range in other countries	Madagascar

Reference	Notes
Froese & Pauly (eds) (2009) FishBase (Accessed on 2011-1-06) http://www.fishbase.org/ Kawanabe et al. (eds) (2002) Freshwater Fishes of Japan, 3rd ed.. Yama-kei Publishers, Tokyo (in Jpn) JWRC (ed) (2008) A Photographic Guide to the Invasive Alien Species in Japan. Heibonsha. (in Jpn)