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Osphronemidae

7 fish on EveryFish name Osphronemidae among their families.

🇹🇭 Thailand and 4 moreSiamese fighting fish A small, colorful freshwater fish native to Southeast Asia, famous as a pet and for male aggression.Livebearer · Rivers and lakes · 1910

🇰🇭 Cambodia and 3 moreMoonlight gourami A small, silvery labyrinth fish native to Southeast Asian rivers and swamps.Other · Rivers and lakes 🇲🇾 MalaysiaChocolate gourami Small maternal mouthbrooding fish from Southeast Asian peat swampsOther · Rivers and lakes

🇱🇰 Sri LankaOrnate paradisefish A tiny carnivorous gourami from Sri Lankan streams.Other · Rivers and lakes

🇮🇩 Indonesia and 4 moreGourami A family of freshwater labyrinth fish native to Asia, known for their air-breathing organ and varied parental care.Other · Rivers and lakes · 1832

🇹🇭 Thailand and 3 moreSnakeskin gourami A large Southeast Asian freshwater fish known for its striped pattern and air-breathing ability.Other · Rivers and lakes

🇮🇩 Indonesia and 4 moreGiant gourami A large freshwater fish from Southeast Asia valued for food and kept in aquaria.Other · Rivers and lakes

Photo credits on this page

The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.

Siamese fighting fish: Henryk Niestrój, CC BY 4.0, source
Moonlight gourami: Photo by Greg Hume ( Greg5030 ), CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Ornate paradisefish: Klaus de Leuw, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Dwarf gourami: Unknown author, Public domain, source
Snakeskin gourami: Bochr, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Giant gourami: Joshua Sherurcij, Attribution, source

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