After Nelson, 1994, with Recent species from Froese & Pauly, 2001 [“The Fishbase”]
<==o Belontiidae [Polyacanthidae] (rihmakalat) [N: 13/34] [FB: 13/81] |--o Belontia [Belontiinae] (kampapyrstöt; combtail gouramies) [2] | |-- B. hasselti (Cuvier, 1831) (Malay combtail) | `-- B. signata (Günther, 1861) (Ceylonese combtail) |--o Macropodinae [non Macropodinae Gray, 1821, a subfamily of kenguroos] (taistelukalat; siamese fighting fishes, paradise fishes) [N: 7/20] [FB: 7/66] | |-- Betta (taistelukalat) [47] | |-- Ctenops nobilis McClelland, 1845 (Frail gourami) | |--o Macropodus (paratiisikalat) [2] | | |-- M. chinensis (Bloch, 1790) (Roundtail paradisefish) | | `-- M. opercularis (Linnaeus, 1758) (paratiisikala; Paradise fish) | |-- Malpulutta kretseri Deraniyagala, 1937 (Spotted gourami) | |--o Parosphromenus [11] | | |-- P. allani Brown, 1987 | | |-- P. anjunganensis Kottelat, 1991 | | |-- P. bintan Kottelat & Ng, 1998 | | |-- P. deissneri (Bleeker, 1859) (Licorice gourami) | | |-- P. filamentosus Vierke, 1981 (Spiketail gourami) | | |-- P. harveyi Brown, 1987 | | |-- P. linkei Kottelat, 1991 | | |-- P. nagyi Schaller, 1985 | | |-- P. ornaticauda Kottelat, 1991 | | |-- P. paludicola Tweedie, 1952 | | `-- P. parvulus Vierke, 1979 | |--o Pseudosphromenus [2] | | |-- P. cupanus (Cuvier, 1831) (Spiketail paradisefish) | | `-- P. dayi (Engmann, 1909) | `--o Trichopsis [3] | |-- T. pumila (Arnold, 1936) (Pygmy gourami) | |-- T. schalleri Ladiges, 1962 (Threestripe gourami) | `-- T. vittata (Cuvier, 1831) (Talking gourami) `--o Trichosgasterinae (varsinaiset rihmakalat; gouramies) [N: 4/12] [4/13]] |--o Colisa [2] | |-- C. fasciatus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) (Banded gourami) | `-- C. lalia (Hamilton, 1822) (kääpiörihmakala; Dwarf gourami) |-- Parasphaerichthys ocellatus Prashad & Mukerji, 1929 (Eyespot gourami) |--o Sphaerichthys [4] | |-- S. acrostoma Vierke, 1979 | |-- S. osphromenoides Canestrini, 1860 (Chocolate gourami) | |-- S. selatanensis Vierke, 1979 | `-- S. vaillanti Pellegrin, 1930 `--o Trichogaster [6] |-- T. chuna (Hamilton, 1822) [Colisa chuna] (hunajarihmakala; Honey gourami) |-- T. labiosus Day, 1877 [Colisa labiosa] (huulirihmakala; Thick lipped gourami) |-- T. leerii (Bleeker, 1852) [T. leeri] (helmirihmakala; Pearl gourami) |-- T. microlepis (Günther, 1861) (Moonlight gourami) |-- T. pectoralis (Regan, 1910) (Snakeskin gourami) `-- T. trichopterus (Pallas, 1770) (sinirihmakala; Three spot gourami)
Reference(s):
- Carroll, R. L., 1988: Vertebrate paleontology and evolution.
–W. H. Freeman and company, New York, 1988, 698 - Carroll, R. L., 1988: Appendix. 594-648
in Carroll, R. L., 1988: Vertebrate paleontology and evolution.
–W. H. Freeman and company, New York, 1988, 698 - Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds), 2001: FishBase.
–iNet: www.fishbase.org - Lahti, S., Malmström, K. K., Koli, L., Leikola, A., Syrjämäki, J. & Lahti, J., 1980: Zoo, Suuri Eläinkirja 5: Kalat, sammakkoeläimet, matelijat.
–Werner Söderström Osakeyhtiö, Porvoo-Helsinki-Juva, 1980.
Original publication [in French]: Beauté Du Monde Animal: IX Reptiles/Amphibiens & X Poissons.
–Rizzoli Editore, Milano, 1968 - Nelson, J. S., 1994: Fishes of the world.
–John Wiley & Sons Inc., New York, 1994, xx-600 - Varjo, M., 2001: Akvaario-opas. [in Finnish]
–AquaGeo & Gummerus Kirjapaino Oy, Jyväskylä, 2001, 1-143