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Combtail Gouramis
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Combtail Gouramis

Belontia

Belontia, sometimes referred to combtail gouramies, is a genus of gouramis, the only genus within the subfamily Belontiinae, native to southern Asia. These are medium sized to large gouramies that are seldom kept in aquariums due to their aggression and relative lack of the color common to the gouramies.

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2 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 2 known species

Ceylonese Combtail Gourami

speciesBelontia signata

Malay Combtail Gourami

speciesBelontia hasselti

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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 86940.