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Family: Osphronemidae Gouramies



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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Belontia hasselti Malay combtail Asia 20 SL 1831
Belontia signata Ceylonese combtail Asia 18 TL 1861
Betta akarensis Akar betta Asia 14 TL 1910
Betta albimarginata Asia 2.8 SL 1994
Betta anabatoides Giant betta Asia 8.2 SL 1851
Betta antoni Asia 5.0 SL 2006
Betta apollon Asia 5.1 SL 2006
Betta aurigans Asia 2004
Betta balunga Asia 4.9 SL 1940
Betta bellica Slim betta Asia 10 TL 1884
Betta breviobesa Asia 6.5 SL 1998
Betta brownorum Asia 2.6 SL 1992
Betta burdigala Asia 2.5 SL 1994
Betta channoides Asia 2.0 SL 1994
Betta chini Asia 5.6 SL 1993
Betta chloropharynx Asia 5.9 SL 1994
Betta coccina Asia 5.6 TL 1979
Betta compuncta Asia 6.2 SL 2006
Betta cracens Asia 5.7 SL 2005
Betta dennisyongi Asia 3.5 SL 2013
Betta dimidiata Asia 4.6 TL 1989
Betta edithae Asia 8.2 TL 1984
Betta enisae Asia 5.9 SL 1995
Betta falx Asia 3.5 SL 1998
Betta ferox Asia 6.3 SL 2006
Betta foerschi Asia 7 TL 1979
Betta fusca Dusky betta Asia 8.2 TL 1910
Betta gladiator Asia 5.6 SL 2005
Betta hendra Asia 4.2 SL 2013
Betta hipposideros Asia 7.8 SL 1994
Betta ibanorum Asia 8.1 SL 2004
Betta ideii Asia 8.3 SL 2006
Betta imbellis Crescent betta Asia 6 SL 1975
Betta krataios Asia 4.5 SL 2006
Betta kuehnei Asia 8 TL 2008
Betta lehi Asia 6.1 SL 2005
Betta livida Asia 3.6 SL 1992
Betta macrostoma Spotfin betta Asia 6.7 SL 1910
Betta mahachaiensis Asia 4.4 SL 2012
Betta mandor Asia 5.7 SL 2006
Betta midas Asia 6.6 SL 2009
Betta miniopinna Asia 2.4 SL 1994
Betta obscura Asia 6.9 SL 2005
Betta ocellata Asia 8.0 SL 1933
Betta omega Eastern Indian Ocean 8.1 SL 2018
Betta pallida Asia 3.4 SL 2004
Betta pallifina Asia 6.6 SL 2005
Betta pardalotos Asia 7.2 SL 2009
Betta patoti Asia 10.7 TL 1922
Betta persephone Asia 2.6 SL 1986
Betta pi Asia 9 SL 1998
Betta picta Spotted betta Asia 6 TL 1846
Betta pinguis Asia 7.9 SL 1998
Betta prima Asia 5 SL 1994
Betta pugnax Penang betta Asia 6.7 SL 1849
Betta pulchra Asia 5.6 SL 1996
Betta raja Asia 6.4 SL 2005
Betta renata Asia 8.5 SL 1998
Betta rubra Toba betta Asia 5 TL 1893
Betta rutilans Asia 3.5 TL 1991
Betta schalleri Asia 4.5 SL 1994
Betta siamorientalis Asia 3.6 SL 2012
Betta simorum Asia 6.4 SL 1996
Betta simplex Asia 8 TL 1994
Betta smaragdina Blue betta Asia 7 TL 1972
Betta spilotogena Asia 7.0 SL 1994
Betta splendens Siamese fighting fish Asia 6.5 TL 1910
Betta stigmosa Asia 4.1 SL 2005
Betta stiktos Asia 2.8 SL 2005
Betta strohi Asia 7 TL 1989
Betta taeniata Borneo betta Asia 5.5 SL 1910
Betta tomi Asia 7.0 SL 1994
Betta tussyae Asia 3.7 SL 1985
Betta uberis Asia 3.6 SL 2006
Betta unimaculata Howong betta Asia 12.6 TL 1905
Betta waseri Asia 9.8 SL 1986
Ctenops nobilis Frail gourami Asia 10 TL 1845
Luciocephalus aura Asia 10.5 SL 2005
Luciocephalus pulcher Pikehead Asia 20 SL 1830
Macropodus baviensis Asia 2005
Macropodus erythropterus Asia 6.5 SL 2002
Macropodus hongkongensis Asia 6.0 SL 2002
Macropodus lineatus Asia 2005
Macropodus ocellatus Round tail paradisefish Asia 8.6 TL 1842
Macropodus oligolepis Asia 2005
Macropodus opercularis Paradisefish Asia 6.7 SL 1758
Macropodus phongnhaensis Asia 2005
Macropodus spechti Asia 5.8 SL 1936
Malpulutta kretseri Spotted gourami Asia 4 TL 1937
Osphronemus exodon Elephant ear gourami Asia 60 SL 1994
Osphronemus goramy Giant gourami Asia 70 SL 1801
Osphronemus laticlavius Giant red tail gourami Asia 50 SL 1992
Osphronemus septemfasciatus Asia 50 SL 1992
Parasphaerichthys lineatus Asia 1.9 SL 2002
Parasphaerichthys ocellatus Eyespot gourami Asia 5 NG 1929
Parosphromenus alfredi Asia 2.6 SL 2005
Parosphromenus allani Asia 3.5 TL 1987
Parosphromenus anjunganensis Asia 2.6 SL 1991
Parosphromenus bintan Asia 2.6 SL 1998
Parosphromenus deissneri Licorice gourami Asia 3.0 SL 1859
Parosphromenus filamentosus Spiketail gourami Asia 4 TL 1981
Parosphromenus gunawani Asia 2.8 SL 2012
Parosphromenus harveyi Asia 1987
Parosphromenus linkei Asia 2.8 SL 1991
Parosphromenus nagyi Asia 4 TL 1985
Parosphromenus opallios Asia 2.5 SL 2005
Parosphromenus ornaticauda Asia 1.8 SL 1991
Parosphromenus pahuensis Asia 2.2 SL 2005
Parosphromenus paludicola Asia 3.7 TL 1952
Parosphromenus parvulus Asia 2.7 TL 1979
Parosphromenus phoenicurus Asia 2.9 SL 2012
Parosphromenus quindecim Asia 2.9 SL 2005
Parosphromenus rubrimontis Asia 2.5 SL 2005
Parosphromenus sumatranus Asia 2.3 SL 1955
Parosphromenus tweediei Asia 2.5 SL 2005
Pseudosphromenus cupanus Spiketail paradisefish Asia 7.5 TL 1831
Pseudosphromenus dayi Asia 7.5 TL 1908
Sphaerichthys acrostoma Asia 4.6 SL 1979
Sphaerichthys osphromenoides Chocolate gourami Asia 6 TL 1860
Sphaerichthys selatanensis Asia 4 SL 1979
Sphaerichthys vaillanti Asia 3.9 SL 1930
Trichogaster chuna Honey gourami Asia 13.7 TL 1822
Trichogaster fasciata Banded gourami Asia 12.5 TL 1801
Trichogaster labiosa Thick lipped gourami Asia 9 TL 1877
Trichogaster lalius Dwarf gourami Asia 9.5 TL 1822
Trichopodus cantoris Asia. 1861
Trichopodus leerii Pearl gourami Asia 12 TL 1852
Trichopodus microlepis Moonlight gourami Asia 14 TL 1861
Trichopodus pectoralis Snakeskin gourami Asia 25 TL 1910
Trichopodus poptae Asia 6.6 SL 2014
Trichopodus trichopterus Three spot gourami Asia 15 SL 1770
Trichopsis pumila Pygmy gourami Asia 4 SL 1936
Trichopsis schalleri Threestripe gourami Asia 5 SL 1962
Trichopsis vittata Croaking gourami Asia 8 TL 1831



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cfm script by eagbayani, 30.11.04, ,  php script by cmilitante, 05/11/2010 ,  last modified by cmilitante, 14/03/2013