Giant GouramiCommon Gourami ~ True Gourami
Family: Osphronemidae
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Giant Gourami build nests using weeds and twigs. Female Giant Gourami can be identified by their thicker lips. The Giant Gourami is native to parts of Indochina, Malaysia and Indonesia, but has been introduced elsewhere for the purpose of aquaculture.
Giant Gourami, Common Gouramy
Age of Aquariums Freshwater Fish Giant Gourami - Osphronemus goramy ...
The giant gourami is one of the few gouramis that actually get big. Their colors vary but are usually a uniform grey-brown. Their attractive colors fade as they mature.
Common Name: Giant Gourami
Latin Name: Osphronemus gorami
Origin: Southeast Asia - Found in medium to large rivers and stagnant water bodies including sluggish flowing canals ...
Giant Gourami (Osphronemus gorami) Quick Stats
Scientific Name: Osphronemus gorami
Family: Osphronemidae ...
Giant Gourami
The Giant Gourami, also known as Banded Gourami, Rainbow Gourami, or Striped Gourami, is a pale to golden yellow with silvery pale blue stripes running vertically along its body.
Giant gouramis are native to India and are used for food as well as pond fish. In a pond they are said to have individual characters, and can be trained to be hand fed.
As the sign says - "GAINT GOWRA. POND FISH" ...
A giant gourami swims with grace in its tank.
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Common Gourami, Giant Gourami, Gourami, True Gourami [ Pictures ]
Osphronemus goramy
SYN : Osphronemusgourami, O. gourami, O. olfax, O. notatus
PD : A large, laterally compressed fish with an oval-shaped body.
He's living with 2 marble angels, 2 redtail giant gourami, 1 large pleco, and 1 spotted raphael. They get along extremely well for some reason, like a big happy family. But my silver has a a lot of golden color to it.
One only needs to look in shops or public aquariums to see how many pacu, Red Tailed Catfish, Giant Gouramis, triggerfish, eels, and yes, even sharks have been donated because they have outgrown their original owners' aquaria.
Do not buy Chocolate Gouramies - Sphaerichthys osphromenoides which are quite delicate, or the true Giant Gouramies - Osphronemus spp. which grow quickly to well over two feet long.
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Similar, though slightly smaller species include the Banded or Giant Gourami - Colisa fasciata (which is only a giant compared to the similarly colored Dwarf Gourami described below), ...
A true Gourami and the real Giant Gourami.
Can grow to 24 inches in the wild and is considered a food fish. In the aquarium its growth is usually kept at 3 to 5 inches in length.
Unknown - likely to be similar to the Giant gourami (O. goramy)
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This species was described relatively recently, in the 1990's, and has previously been rare in the aquarium trade.
The True Giant Gourami is a fish that is rarely offered for sale. They get huge, and should not be kept in small aquaria.
Osphronemidae (giant gourami), the name derived from the Greek osphra [smell] and nema [filament], referring to the threadlike pelvic fins that have taste cells at the tips.
Anabantidae: Climbing Perch, Bush Fish
Belontiidae: Blue Gourami, Pearl Gourami, Dwarf Gourami, Siamese Fighting Fish
Helostomatidae: Kissing Gourami
Osphronemidae: Chocolate Gourami, Giant Gourami ...
Surface(+mid) feeders 2 large pearl gouramies 2 giant gouramies 3 dwarf gouramies (1 sunset) 4 medium Angels (2 marble veils and 2 zebra) Midsection feeders 4 long fin barbs (real fast swimmers. they kind of enliven the tank.
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