Paradise fish: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the paradise fish lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Macropodus opercularis
Group	Bony fish
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	Asia
Class	Ray-finned fish
Order	Anabantiformes
Family	Osphronemidae

Where does the paradise fish live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the paradise fish in 1 country or territory across Asia.

Chinese Taipei

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the paradise fish endangered?

The paradise fish’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the paradise fish?

The paradise fish (Macropodus opercularis) is a ray-finned fish in the order Anabantiformes and the family Osphronemidae, genus Macropodus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the paradise fish

The fork-tailed paradisefish, or paradise gourami (often simply known as paradise fish, paradise-fish, or paradisefish [Macropodus opercularis]), is a species of pelagic, long-finned, freshwater, ray-finned fish in the family Osphronemidae, found in most fresh waters of East Asia ranging from eastern China south to northern Vietnam. This anabantiform fish can reach a standard length of 6.7 cm (2+5⁄8 in), though most are only about 5.5 cm (2+3⁄16 in).

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Paradise fish (revision 1378977531), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q304256 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).