leerii, Trichopus Bleeker [P.] 1852:577 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 3 (no. 4); ref. 334] Palembang, Sumatra, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): whereabouts unknown. •Valid as Trichogaster leerii (Bleeker 1852) -- (Ortega & Vari 1986:21 [ref. 9708], Vierke 1986:114 [ref. 36452], Vierke 1988:160 [ref. 36453], Roberts 1989:177 [ref. 6439], Kottelat et al. 1993:164 [ref. 23448], Wakiyama et al. 1997:100 [ref. 25519], Fuller et al. 1999:474 [ref. 25838], Tan & Ng 2005:132 [ref. 28283], Kottelat & Widjanarti 2005:166 [ref. 28284], Mundy 2005:515 [ref. 28379]). •Valid as Trichopodus leerii (Bleeker 1852) -- (Töpfer & Schindler 2009:49 [ref. 30199], Paepke 2009:54 [ref. 30200], Tan & Kottelat 2009:62 [ref. 30261], Kottelat 2013:457 [ref. 32989], Low et al. 2014:73 [ref. 33509], Ng et al. 2019:535 [ref. 36606], Jamaluddin et al. 2022:[6] [ref. 39245], Ahmad et al. 2023:128 [ref. 41243], Jamandre 2023:159 [ref. 40455]). Current status: Valid as Trichopodus leerii (Bleeker 1852). Osphronemidae: Trichogastrinae. Distribution: Southeast Asia: Thailand, Malaya (Malaysia), Indonesia. Introduced in the Philippines. Habitat: freshwater.