Trichogaster

For the larger gouramis from Southeast Asia, see Trichopodus.

Trichogaster
Dwarf gourami (T. lalius)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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
  • Polyacanthus Cuvier, 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.

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]

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. ^ a b 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. ^ a b c Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Trichogaster". 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.


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