Gourami

The gourami indicates fish of Osphronemidae (of the Perciformes) which live in warm water of Asia. In a Aquarium, the word of gourami must be associated with S calm and little stirring up by privileging the species coming, like him, of Southeast Asia. In the Asian species it is necessary nevertheless to avoid the bearded of Sumatra, those tending to nibble the pelvic Nageoire S of the gouramis. Its frayed pectoral fins have a tactile and sensory role.

The fish indicated by the term “Gourami” belong mainly to two S:

  • the kind Trichogaster . They are species of intermediate size (between 10 and 20 cm) of which most known are the Gourami beaded ( Trichogaster leeri ) and the blue Gourami ( Trichogaster trichopterus );
  • the kind Colisa . The colisas are dwarf gouramis with the image of most known of them: the dwarf Gourami ( Colisa lalia ) which hardly measures more than 6 to 7 cm.

The gouramis belong to the same family as celebrates it Combattant of Siam.

Members

It y' has 90 species among 15 kinds:

  • Subfamily Belontiinae
    • Kind Belontia
      • Malay combtail, Belontia hasselti (Vat, 1831) .
      • Ceylonese combtail, Belontia signata (Günther, 1861) .
  • Subfamily Macropodinae
    • Kind Betta
      • Akar betta, Betta akarensis Regan, 1910.
      • Betta albimarginata Kottelat & Ng, 1994.
      • Giant betta, Betta anabatoides Bleeker, 1851.
      • Betta balunga Herre, 1940.
      • Slim betta, Betta bellica Sauvage, 1884.
      • Betta breviobesus Tan & Kottelat, 1998.
      • Betta brownorum Witte & Schmidt, 1992.
      • Betta burdigala Kottelat & Ng, 1994.
      • Betta channoides Kottelat & Ng, 1994.
      • Betta chini Ng, 1993.
      • Betta chloropharynx Kottelat & Ng, 1994.
      • Betta coccina Vierke, 1979.
      • Betta dimidiata Roberts, 1989.
      • Betta edithae Vierke, 1984.
      • Betta enisae Kottelat, 1995.
      • Betta falx Tan & Kottelat, 1998.
      • Betta foerschi Vierke, 1979.
      • Dusky betta, Betta fusca Regan, 1910.
      • Betta hipposideros Ng & Kottelat, 1994.
      • Betta ibanorum Tan & Ng, 2004.
      • Crescent betta, Betta imbellis Ladiges, 1975.
      • Betta livida Ng & Kottelat, 1992.
      • Spotfin betta, Betta macrostoma Regan, 1910.
      • Betta miniopinna Tan & Tan, 1994.
      • Betta patoti Weber & of Beaufort, 1922.
      • Betta persephone Schaller, 1986.
      • Betta pi Tan, 1998.
      • Spotted betta, Betta picta (Valencian, 1846) .
      • Betta pinguis Tan & Kottelat, 1998.
      • Betta preceded Kottelat, 1994.
      • Forest betta, Betta pugnax (Cantor, 1849) .
      • Betta will pulchra Tan & Tan, 1996.
      • Betta renata Tan, 1998.
      • Toba betta, Betta will rubra Perugia, 1893.
      • Betta rutilans Witte & Kottelat, 1991.
      • Betta schalleri Kottelat & Ng, 1994.
      • Betta simplex Kottelat, 1994.
      • Blue betta, Betta smaragdina Ladiges, 1972.
      • Betta spilotogena Ng & Kottelat, 1994.
      • Siamese fighting fish, Betta splendens Regan, 1910.
      • Betta strohi Schaller & Kottelat, 1989.
      • Borneo betta, Betta taeniata Regan, 1910.
      • Betta tomi Ng & Kottelat, 1994.
      • Betta tussyae Schaller, 1985.
      • Howong betta, Betta unimaculata (Popta, 1905) .
      • Betta waseri Krummenacher, 1986.
    • Kind Macropodus
      • Macropodus erythropterus Freyhof & Herder, 2002.
      • Macropodus hongkongensis Freyhof & Herder, 2002.
      • Roundtail paradisefish, Macropodus ocellatus (of Beaufort, 1933) .
      • Paradise fish, Macropodus opercularis (Linnaeus, 1758) .
      • Macropodus spechti Schreitmüller, 1936.
    • Kind Malpulutta
      • Spotted gourami, Malpulutta kretseri Deraniyagala, 1937.
    • Kind Parosphromenus
      • Parosphromenus allani Brown, 1987.
      • Parosphromenus anjunganensis Kottelat, 1991.
      • Parosphromenus bintan Kottelat & Ng, 1998.
      • Licorice gourami, Parosphromenus deissneri (Bleeker, 1859) .
      • Spiketail gourami, Parosphromenus filamentosus (Oshima, 1919) .
      • Parosphromenus linkei Kottelat, 1991.
      • Parosphromenus nagyi Schaller, 1985.
      • Parosphromenus ornaticauda Kottelat, 1991.
      • Parosphromenus paludicola Tweedie, 1952.
      • Parosphromenus parvulus Vierke, 1979.
    • Kind Pseudosphromenus
      • Spiketail paradisefish, Pseudosphromenus cupanus (Vat, 1831) .
      • Pseudosphromenus dayi (Engmann, 1909) .
    • Kind Trichopsis
      • Pygmy gourami, Trichopsis pumila (Arnold, 1936) .
      • Threestripe gourami, Trichopsis schalleri (Kottelat & Ng, 1994) .
      • Croaking gourami, Trichopsis vittata (Vat, 1831) .
  • Subfamily Trichogastrinae
    • Kind Colisa
    • Kind Ctenops
    • Kind Luciocephalus
    • Kind Parasphaerichthys
      • Parasphaerichthys lineatus Britz & Kottelat, 2002.
      • Eyespot gourami, Parasphaerichthys ocellatus (of Beaufort, 1933) .
    • Kind Polyacanthus
      • Banded gourami, Polyacanthus fasciatus (Regan, 1910) .
    • Kind Sphaerichthys
      • Sphaerichthys acrostoma Vierke, 1979.
      • Chocolate gourami, Sphaerichthys osphromenoides Canestrini, 1860.
      • Sphaerichthys selatanensis Vierke, 1979.
      • Sphaerichthys vaillanti Pellegrin, 1930.
    • Kind Trichogaster
      • Honey gourami, Trichogaster chuna (Hamilton, 1822) .
      • Thick lipped gourami, Trichogaster labiosus Day, 1877.
      • Pearl gourami, Trichogaster leerii (Bleeker, 1852) .
      • Moonlight gourami, Trichogaster microlepis (Günther, 1861) .
      • Snakeskin gourami, Trichogaster pectoralis (Regan, 1910) .
      • Three spot gourami, Trichogaster trichopterus (Pallas, 1770) .
  • Subfamily Osphroneminae
    • Kind Osphronemus
      • Elephant ear gourami, Osphronemus exodon Roberts, 1994.
      • Giant gourami, Osphronemus goramy Lacépède, 1801.
      • Giant red tail gourami, Osphronemus laticlavius Roberts, 1992.
      • Osphronemus septemfasciatus Roberts, 1992.

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