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Trichogaster trichopterus in Seychelles
Three spot gourami

Trichogaster trichopterus (Pallas, 1770)
Family:	Osphronemidae (Gouramies) , subfamily: Luciocephalinae	picture (Trtri_u4.jpg) by JJPhoto
Order:	Perciformes (perch-likes)
Class:	Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
FishBase name:	Three spot gourami
Max. size:	15.0 cm SL (male/unsexed; Ref. 30857)
Environment:	benthopelagic; potamodromous; pH range: 6 - 8; dH range: 5 - 19
Climate:	tropical; 22 - 28°C; 26°N - 10°N
Global Importance:	fisheries: minor commercial; aquaculture: commercial; aquarium: highly commercial
Resilience:	High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (tm<1; multiple spawning per year;)
Distribution:	Asia: Mekong basin in Laos, Yunnan, Thailand, Cambodia and Viet Nam; Southeast Asia (Ref. 27732). Introduced elsewhere (Ref. 2847).
Diagnosis:	Dorsal spines (total): 6-8; Dorsal soft rays (total): 7-10; Anal spines: 9-12; Anal soft rays: 30-38. Color in life brown; shoulders with irregular dark marks, yellowish on opercles and thorax; median fins and pectorals brown, ventrals yellowish. Mouth very small, very oblique, upper jaw vertical and somewhat protractile, lower jaw prominent. Scales of moderate size, irregularly arranged. Lateral line curved, irregular. Caudal fin slightly emarginate or truncate (Ref. 4792). With 8-9 dorsal-fin branched rays; 33-38 branched anal-fin rays; black spot in middle of side and at caudal-fin base (Ref. 12693). Body with numerous narrow irregular oblique bars (Ref. 43281).
Biology:	Lives in lowland wetlands (Ref. 57235). Found in marshes, swamps and canals (Ref. 43281). Inhabits shallow sluggish or standing-water with a lot of aquatic vegetation. Occurs in seasonally flooded forests throughout the middle and lower Mekong (Ref. 12693). Undertakes lateral migrations from the Mekong mainstream, or other permanent water bodies, to flooded areas during the flood season and returns to the permanent water bodies at the onset of the dry season (Ref. 37770). Feeds on zooplankton, crustaceans and insect larvae. Processed into salted, dried fish in Java (Ref. 4929). Also marketed fresh and commonly seen in the aquarium fish trade (Ref. 12693). Aquarium keeping: minimum aquarium size 100 cm (Ref. 51539)
Threatened:	Not Evaluated, see IUCN Red List , (Ref. 36508)
Dangerous:	harmless
Coordinator:
Main Ref:	Rainboth, W.J.. 1996. (Ref. 12693)
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Seychelles country information
Common names:	Gourami bleu	Ref: Keith, P., G. Marquet, P. Valade, P. Bosc and E. Vigneux, 2006
Status:	introduced	Ref:
Salinity:	freshwater
Uses:	no uses
Country Information:	www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/se.html
Occurrences:	Occurrences Point map
Main Ref:	Keith, P., G. Marquet, P. Valade, P. Bosc and E. Vigneux, 2006
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Page created by: Eli, 20.10.03, last modified by Eli, 26.06.07

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