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Belontia

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Belontia, sometimes referred to as combtail gouramis, is a genus of gouramis, the only genus within the subfamily Belontiinae, native to freshwater habitats in Southeast Asia and Sri Lanka. These are medium sized to large gouramis that are rarely kept in aquariums due to their aggression and relative lack of the color common to other gouramis.

Species

Ceylonese Combtail Gourami

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassTeleostei
  4. OrderPerciformes
  5. FamilyOsphronemidae
Habitatfreshwater
Observations114
Observations recorded299

Belontia is een geslacht van straalvinnige vissen uit de familie van de echte goerami's (Osphronemidae).

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
2
Family
Osphronemidae
Collections
FMNH, ANSP
Recorded in
Sri Lanka

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Belontiinae
Image
Belont hasselt 100523-1755 sap.JPG
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Commons category
Belontia
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Category:Belontia
taxon name
Belontia
taxon rank
genus
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Encyclopedic overview

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Belontia, sometimes referred to as combtail gouramis, is a genus of gouramis, the only genus within the subfamily Belontiinae, native to freshwater habitats in Southeast Asia and Sri Lanka. These are medium sized to large gouramis that are rarely kept in aquariums due to their aggression and relative lack of the color common to other gouramis.

==Species== There are currently two recognized species in this genus: Belontia hasselti (G. Cuvier, 1831) (Malay combtail) Belontia signata (Günther, 1861) (Ceylonese combtail)

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Belontia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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