Výskyt
Jihovýchodní Asie — provincie Ouang Binh, Vietnam.
Typová lokalita
Stream at Quyêt Tiên, 17°11.54'N, 106°37.53'E, Quang Binh Province, Vietnam.
Původní popis
Freyhof, J. & Herder, F. 2002. Review of the paradise fishes of the genus Macropodus in Vietnam, with description of two new species from Vietnam and southern China (Perciformes: Osphronemidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters v. 13 (no. 2): 147-167.
Použitá literatura
Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). 2025. Eschmeyer's catalog of fishes: Genera, species, references. World Wide Web.