Fish Profiles | Samurai Gourami

Fish Profiles | Samurai Gourami

Brackish

Samurai gouramis are timid fish that prefer to hide close to the bottom of riverbeds. The fish often blend in with the decaying plant matter around them. In a tank, these fish will behave in similar ways and will need lots of foliage to hide in

Fish Profiles | Kissing Gourami

Fish Profiles | Kissing Gourami

Fish Profiles

Native to Southeast Asia, Kissing Gourami fish are popular in aquariums due to their unique look and behavior. They can grow up to 12 inches long and are generally peaceful, though they can get territorial with their own kind.

Classifying Fishes: Order Perciformes

Classifying Fishes: Order Perciformes

Angelfish
The order Perciformes contains the cichlids and the anabantoids. The anabantoids contains all gourami's and Siamese fighting fish. Among the well-known members of this group are also perch and darters (Percidae), sea bass and groupers.
OATA Care Guide: Bettas, Gouramis and Paradise Fish

OATA Care Guide: Bettas, Gouramis and Paradise Fish

Betta

OATA produce a good range of free care sheets for coldwater, tropical freshwater and marine fish as well as for invertebrates, aquatic reptiles and plants. Anabantids are a diverse group of fish that have adapted to living in oxygen-poor waters. 

Why is it called a three spot Gourami?

Why is it called a three spot Gourami?

Gourami
Three-spot gouramiTrichopodus trichopterus, can be found mainly in the River Mekong basin in southern China, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, Myanmar and Malaysia, and also in parts of northern Indonesia.
Are Three-Spot Gourami aggressive?

Are Three-Spot Gourami aggressive?

Gourami
The Three Spot species of Gourami is also commonly known as the Blue and the Opaline Gourami, and comes in variety of colours and patterning.