Trichogaster

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Trichogaster
Colisa lalia.jpg
Dwarf gourami (T. lalius)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anabantiformes
Family: Osphronemidae
Subfamily: Trichogastrinae
Bleeker, 1879 [1]
Genus: Trichogaster
Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801
Type species
Trichogaster fasciata
Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801 [2]
Synonyms [3]
  • Colisa Cuvier, 1831
  • PolyacanthusCuvier, 1829

Trichogaster is a genus of gouramis native to South Asia from Pakistan to Myanmar. [4] It is the only genus in the monotypic subfamily Trichogastrinae as set out in the 5th Edition of Fishes of the World , although that book states that there are two genera, the other being Colisa [5] which is treated as a synonym of Trichogaster by Fishbase and the Catalog of Fishes. Fishbase also places the genus in the Luciocephalinae. [4] [3] Species of this genus are very popular in the aquarium trade.

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Etymology

The name Trichogaster comes from the Ancient Greek words θρίξ (thríx) which means hair and Ancient Greek γαστήρ (gastḗr) which means stomach, a reference to the single long, hair-like ray in their pelvic fins. [6]

Species

There are currently four recognized species in this genus: [4]

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References

  1. Richard van der Laan; William N. Eschmeyer & Ronald Fricke (2014). "Family-group names of Recent fishes". Zootaxa. 3882 (2): 001–230. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1 . PMID   25543675.
  2. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Trichogaster". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 15 December 2019.
  3. 1 2 Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Osphronemidae". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 15 December 2019.
  4. 1 2 3 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2014). Species of Trichogaster in FishBase . February 2014 version.
  5. J. S. Nelson; T. C. Grande; M. V. H. Wilson (2016). Fishes of the World (5th ed.). Wiley. p. 393. ISBN   978-1-118-34233-6. Archived from the original on 2019-04-08. Retrieved 2019-12-15.
  6. Christopher Scharpf; Kenneth J. Lazara (21 October 2019). "Order ANABANTIFORMES: Families ANABANTIDAE, HELOSTOMATIDAE, OSPHRONEMIDAE, CHANNIDAE, NANDIDAE, BADIDAE, and PRISTOLEPIDIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 15 December 2019.