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Osphronemus goramy Lacepède, 1801

Giant gourami
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China country information

Common names: 丝足鲈, 絲足鱸
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Known from the Mekong basin. Widely introduced and cultured from Sri Lanka to China (Ref. 7425). Also Ref. 43638.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/ch.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Roberts, T.R., 1992
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Gourami géant, Gurami gigante, Гурами настоящий (=гурами промысловый), ... more

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Anabantiformes (Gouramies, snakeheads) > Osphronemidae (Gouramies) > Osphroneminae
Etymology: Osphronemus: Greek, osphra = smell + Greek, nema = filament; because of the olfactory organs (Ref. 45335);  goramy: Malay/Javanese: ikan gurami, name for this species..
  More on author: Lacepède.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Freshwater; brackish; benthopelagic; pH range: 6.5 - 8.0; dH range: ? - 25; depth range 10 - ? m (Ref. 9987).   Tropical; 20°C - 30°C (Ref. 13371); 6°N - 9°S

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