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Common names: Blue gourami, Pla-salit, Siamese gurammy
Occurrence: introduced
Salinity: freshwater
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Aquaculture: commercial | Ref:
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Uses: live export: yes;
Comments: Specimens were collected from Lagu Lagu creek, Leyte in 1993 (Ref. 7223). Known from Lake Mainit, Mindanao (Ref. 4867, 13446) and Lake Taal (Ref. 80679, 13446). Recorded from Candaba Swamp and Pampanga River (Ref. 109918). Seldom a food fish. Museum specimens collected in 1983 from Laguna de Bay, east bay, LRS-83108 and in 1984, LRS-84142 (Ref. 13460). Collected from CLSU fish pond (Ref. 81820) and recorded from Pantabangan Dam, (Nueva Ecija) (Ref. 109918). Also Ref. 1739.
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Juliano, R.O., R.D. Guerrero III and I. Ronquillo, 1989
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Classification / Names

Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) > Perciformes (Perch-likes) > Osphronemidae (Gouramies) > Luciocephalinae
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Common names from other countries

Гурами пятнистый, Blue gourami, Three-spot gouramy, ... more

Main reference

Rainboth, W.J. 1996. (Ref. 12693)
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Size / Weight / Age

Max length : 15.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 30857); common length : 10.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 57235)

Environment

Freshwater; benthopelagic; pH range: 6.0 - 8.0; dH range: 5 - 19; potamodromous (Ref. 51243)

Climate / Range

Tropical; 22°C - 28°C (Ref. 1672), preferred ?; 26°N - 10°N, 99°E - 108°E

Distribution

Asia: Mekong basin in Laos, Yunnan, Thailand, Cambodia and Viet Nam; Southeast Asia (Ref. 27732). Introduced elsewhere (Ref. 2847).
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Short description

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).

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).

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)

Least Concern (LC)

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Fisheries: minor commercial; aquaculture: commercial; aquarium: highly commercial

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Estimates of some properties based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82805)
PD₅₀ = 0.5156 many relatives (e.g. carps) 0.5 - 2.0 few relatives (e.g. lungfishes)

Trophic Level (Ref. 69278)
2.7 ±0.23 se; Based on food items.

Resilience (Ref. 69278)
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (tm<1; multiple spawning per year;)

Vulnerability (Ref. 59153)
Low vulnerability (19 of 100)

Price category (Ref. 80766)
Unknown

Trichopodus trichopterus (Pallas, 1770)