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For the larger gouramis from Southeast Asia, see Trichopodus.
Trichogaster 
A dwarf gourami (C. lalia) Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Perciformes Suborder: Anabantoidei Family: Osphronemidae Subfamily: Luciocephalinae Genus: Trichogaster
Cuvier, 1831Species see text
Trichogaster (formerly Colisa) is a small genus of tropical or subtropical Asian freshwater labyrinth fish of the gourami family. Species of this genus are popular aquarium fishes. The specimens stocked in the hobby today include several color morphs as well as hybrids.
The name Trichogaster used to be used for the genus of larger south-east asian gouramis now called Trichopodus. The genus Trichogaster used to be called Colisa. This was however revised by recent taxonomy studies.
Species
- Trichogaster chuna (Hamilton, 1822); Honey gourami
- Trichogaster fasciata (Bloch & Schneider, 1801); Banded gourami
- Trichogaster labiosa (Day, 1877); Thick lipped gourami
- Trichogaster lalius (Hamilton, 1822); Dwarf gourami
Further reading
References
- Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2011). Species of Trichogaster in FishBase. October 2011 version.
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