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Trichopodus
Trichopodus (formerly included in Trichogaster) 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 (formerly 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...
5 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 5 known species

Three Spot Gourami
speciesTrichopodus trichopterus

Pearl Gourami
speciesTrichopodus leerii

Snakeskin Gourami
speciesTrichopodus pectoralis

Moonlight Gourami
speciesTrichopodus microlepis
False-eye Gourami
speciesTrichopodus poptae
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 180792.