Vertebrate Zoology 59(1): 49-51, doi:
On the type species of Trichopodus (Teleostei: Perciformes: Osphronemidae)
expand article infoJÖRG Töpfer, Ingo Schindler

Corresponding author: Ingo Schindler ( ingoschindler@web.de )

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Citation: Töpfer J, Schindler I (2009) On the type species of Trichopodus (Teleostei: Perciformes: Osphronemidae). Vertebrate Zoology 59(1): 49-51
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Abstract
We examined the taxonomic papers about the type species fi xation of the genus Trichopodus LACEPÈDE, 1801. As the result we found that under the current version of the ICZN the designation of the type species by BLEEKER (1879) is the valid one. Therefore, the type species of Trichopodus is Labrus trichopterus PALLAS, 1770. The genus Trichopodus is a currently valid genus of Osphronemidae, which includes the following species: T. trichopterus, T. leerii, T. microlepis and T. cantoris.
Keywords
Taxonomy, nomenclature, type species, Osphronemidae, Trichopodus trichopterus, Trichogaster.