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Giant Gouramis
Osphronemus
Osphronemus is a genus of gouramis, the only genus within the subfamily Osphroneminae. These fish are known as the giant gouramis and are native to Southeast Asia, with O. exodon from the Mekong basin, O. laticlavius and O. septemfasciatus from Borneo, while O. goramy is relatively widespread. The last species has also been introduced outside its native range and is farmed for food. As suggested by their English name, they are by far the largest gouramis,...
4 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 4 known species
Giant Gourami
speciesOsphronemus goramy
Giant Red Tail Gourami
speciesOsphronemus laticlavius
Kaloi Sarawak
speciesOsphronemus septemfasciatus
Elephant Ear Gourami
speciesOsphronemus exodon
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 90539.