Trichogaster fasciata | |
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Illustration by Francis Day | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Anabantiformes |
Family: | Osphronemidae |
Genus: | Trichogaster |
Species: | T. fasciata
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Binomial name | |
Trichogaster fasciata Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801
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Red: extant , Light red: possibly extant | |
Synonyms[2] | |
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Trichogaster fasciata, the banded gourami or striped gourami or Colisa or Kholshe , is a tropical labyrinth perch found in some Asian countries like Bangladesh, Eastern India, Northeastern India, Nepal, Upper Myanmar, China and Pakistan.[3]
It is also called giant gourami and for this reason it is often being confused with the Osphronemus goramy which has the same common name.[4]