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Osphronemidae
Giant gourami
Osphronemus goramy
Ventral fins hang as two threads
- Tropical
- Restricted distribution
- Southeast Asia
- Deep-bodied
- Compressed cross-section
- Large
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Restricted distribution
Deep-bodied
Compressed cross-section
LargeGiant gourami is known from Asia as a freshwater fish. It occurs in freshwater habitats.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Osphronemidae
- Genus
- Osphronemus
- Maximum length
- 70 cm
- Body shape
- deep_bodied
- Distribution
- Asia: probably limited to Sumatra, Borneo, Java, the Malay Peninsula, Thailand and Indochina (Mekong basin). Has been introduced to several countries for aquaculture purposes. Apparently absent in Sarawak and presence in Sabah may be due to relatively late introductions.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
