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Osphronemidae
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Gouramis, or gouramies , are a group of freshwater anabantiform fish that comprise the family Osphronemidae. The fish are native to Asia—from the Indian subcontinent to Southeast Asia and northeasterly towards Korea. The name gourami, from the Sundanese word gurame, is also used for fish of the families Helostomatidae and Anabantidae.
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Osphronemidae is a family of fish within the class Teleostei and phylum Chordata. The taxon is commonly known as gouramies and inhabits brackish and freshwater environments. Its taxonomic placement varies by source; it is listed under the order Anabantiformes in the World Register of Marine Species, while the Global Biodiversity Information Facility classifies it under the order Perciformes. The family name was established by van der Hoeven in 1832 and holds an accepted status.
Records of this family are documented across several countries, including Thailand, China, Malaysia, Cambodia, and Singapore. Specimens are held by institutions such as CAS, USNM, AM, FMNH, and SAMA. The Global Biodiversity Information Facility lists 20,912 occurrences for this taxon, while iDigBio contains 50 records. The family is referenced by 236 other encyclopedia articles.
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Species
gouramies
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderPerciformes
- FamilyOsphronemidae
Les Osphronemidae forment une famille de poissons d'eau douce de l'ordre des Perciformes. Ce sont des poissons que l'on trouve en Asie, depuis le Pakistan et l'Inde jusqu'à l'Insulinde et la Corée. Ce sont généralement des poissons aplatis transversalement, avec un long rayon en avant de la nageoire pelvienne et qui prennent soin de leurs petits. Sommaire 1 Taxinomie 2 Galerie 3 Article connexe 4 Liens externes Taxinomie Liste des sous-familles selon FishBase : Belontiinae Liem, 1963 Luciocephalinae Bleeker, 1860 Macropodusinae Liem, 1963 Osphroneminae Bleeker, 1859 Galerie Betta albimarginata Combattant (Betta splendens) Gourami nain : femelle et mâle montrant le dimorphisme sexuel Macropodus erythropterus Poisson paradis (Macropodus opercularis) Gourami géant (Osphronemus goramy) Article connexe Nid de bulles
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 50
- Family
- Osphronemidae
- Collections
- CAS, USNM, AM, FMNH, SAMA, NMV
- Recorded in
- Thailand, China, Malaysia, Cambodia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Indonesia
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- Subfamilies and genera
- As food
- In the aquarium
- Compatibility
- Gallery
- See also
- References
Gouramis, or gouramies , are a group of freshwater anabantiform fish that comprise the family Osphronemidae. The fish are native to Asia—from the Indian subcontinent to Southeast Asia and northeasterly towards Korea. The name gourami, from the Sundanese word gurame, is also used for fish of the families Helostomatidae and Anabantidae.
Many gouramis have an elongated, feeler-like ray at the front of each of their pelvic fins. All living species show parental care until fry are free swimming: some are mouthbrooders, like the Krabi mouth-brooding betta (Betta simplex), and others, like the Siamese fighting fish (Betta splendens), build bubble nests. Currently, about 133 species are recognised, placed in four subfamilies and about 15 genera.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Osphronemidae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.