Trichopodus

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Trichopodus
a blue morph of the three spot gourami (T. trichopterus)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Suborder: Anabantoidei
Family: Osphronemidae
Subfamily: Luciocephalinae
Genus: Trichopodus
Bloch & Schneider, 1801
Species

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Trichopodus (formally Trichogaster [1][2]) is a genus of tropical freshwater labyrinth fish of the gourami family found in Southeast Asia. Gouramis of the Trichopodus genus are closely related to those of Trichogaster (formally Colisa), species of both genera have long, thread-like pelvic fins (known as "feelers" in the aquarium trade) used to sense the environment. However, Trichopodus species have shorter dorsal fin base and, when sexually mature, are much larger, with the largest, the snakeskin gourami (T. pectoralis), capable of reaching a length of over 8 inches.[3]

Along with the Trichogaster species, Trichopodus gouramis are popular in the aquarium trade. The three spot gourami (T. trichopterus), with its several aquarium variants, each known by a different trade name, is perhaps the most common aquarium gourami. Trichopodus species are also used as food fish in its native range.[3] The snakeskin gourami, in particular, is one of the top five aquacultured freshwater fish in Thailand.[4]

Species

Catalog of Fishes, FishBase and ITIS list the following four species under this genus.[5][6]

References

  1. ↑ Töpfer, Jörg; Ingo Schlindler (2009-05-15). "On the type species of Trichopodus (Teleostei: Perciformes: Osphronemidae)". Vertebrate Zoology (Dresden: Museum für Tierkunde Dresden) 59 (1): 49–51. ISSN 1864-5755. Retrieved 12 November 2011. 
  2. ↑ Paepke, Hans-Joachim (2009-05-15). "The nomenclature of Trichopodus pectoralis Regan, 1910; Trichopodus cantoris Sauvage, 1884 and Osphronemus saigonensis Borodin, 1930 (Teleostei: Perciformes: Osphronemidae)". Vertebrate Zoology (Dresden: Museum für Tierkunde Dresden) 59 (1): 53–60. ISSN 1864-5755. Retrieved 12 November 2011. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Pinter, H. (1986). Labyrinth Fish. Barron's Educational Series, Inc., ISBN 0-8120-5635-3
  4. ↑ "National Aquaculture Sector Overview - Thailand". Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. 
  5. ↑ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2006). Species of Trichopodus in FishBase. April 2006 version.
  6. ↑ "Trichopodus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved June 15, 2007. 

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