Species FAO code: FGG

Osphronemus goramy

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Commercial designations
Production methods and fishing gears
Species distribution and habitat
Species description
Combined Nomenclature

Commercial designations

Country	Commercial designations	Names accepted or permitted locally or regionally
Austria	de Speisegurami	–
Germany	de Speisegurami	–

Main production methods

Caught
Farmed

Main fishing gears

Source: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. FishBase. Osphronemus goramy Lacepède, 1801

Habitat

Freshwater
Brackish water

FAO major fishing areas

Source: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. FishBase. Osphronemus goramy Lacepède, 1801

Scientific name

Osphronemus goramy

Author

Lacepède, 1801

Rank

Species

FAO code

FGG

Morphological description

With 8-10 complete dark vertical bars in juvenile color phase; adults without vertical bars or sexual dichromatism, both sexes drab; transverse scale rows usually 6.1.12; dorsal fin spines usually 12-13 (rarely 11 or 14); soft-rayed portion of anal fin greatly enlarged, its distal margin parallel to distal margin of caudal fin; caudal fin rounded or obtusely rounded, not truncate or emarginate (Ref. 7425). Pelvic fins with first soft ray prolonged into a thread-like tentacle reaching posteriorly to or beyond hind margin of caudal fin.

Taxonomic classification

ClassActinopterygii
- OrderPerciformes
  - FamilyOsphronemidae
    - GenusOsphronemus
      - SpeciesOsphronemus goramy

Synonyms

Osphromenus olfax Cuvier, 1831
Trichopus satyrus Shaw, 1803
Trichopodus mentum Lacepède, 1801
Osphronemus gorami Lacepède, 1801
Osphronemus gourami Lacepède, 1801
Trichopode mentonnier Lacepède, 1801
Osphromenus gourami Lacepède, 1801
Osphromenus notatus Cuvier, 1831
Trichopus goramy (Lacepède, 1801)
Osphronemus gouramy Lacepède, 1801
Osphromenus satyrus (Shaw, 1803)

Source: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. FishBase. Osphronemus goramy Lacepède, 1801

An annually revised goods classification scheme used in EU for the purposes of customs duty and foreign trade statistics. The scheme is based on the Harmonized System nomenclature, further extended with Community subdivisions. Each subdivision is identified by an eight-digit numerical code. Read more: Combined Nomenclature

03 — CHAPTER 3 - FISH AND CRUSTACEANS, MOLLUSCS AND OTHER AQUATIC INVERTEBRATES
- 0301 — Live fish
  - Other live fish
    - 0301 99 — Other
      - Freshwater fish
        0301 99 18 — Other
- 0302 — Fish, fresh or chilled, excluding fish fillets and other fish meat of heading 0304
  - Other fish, excluding livers and roes
    - 0302 89 — Other
      - 0302 89 10 — Freshwater fish
- 0303 — Fish, frozen, excluding fish fillets and other fish meat of heading 0304
  - Other fish, excluding livers and roes
    - 0303 89 — Other
      - 0303 89 10 — Freshwater fish
- 0304 — Fish fillets and other fish meat (whether or not minced), fresh, chilled or frozen
  - Fresh or chilled fillets of other fish
    - 0304 49 — Other
      - 0304 49 10 — Freshwater fish
  - Other, fresh or chilled
    - 0304 59 — Other
      - 0304 59 10 — Freshwater fish
  - Frozen fillets of other fish
    - 0304 89 — Other
      - 0304 89 10 — Freshwater fish
  - Other, frozen
    - 0304 99 — Other
      - Other
        0304 99 21 — Freshwater fish

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Osphronemus goramy

Commercial designations

Main production methods

Main fishing gears

Hooks and lines

Seines

Surrounding nets and lift nets

Habitat

FAO major fishing areas

Area 1 - Africa - Inland waters

Area 3 - America, South - Inland waters

Area 4 - Asia - Inland waters

Area 6 - Oceania - Inland waters