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The giant red tail gourami (Osphronemus laticlavius) is a large species of gourami belonging to the family Osphronemidae. This endangered fish is native to the Southeast Asian island of Borneo , where only known from the Kinabatangan and Segama river basins in Sabah , East Malaysia .
Osphronemus is a genus of large gouramis, the only genus within the subfamily Osphroneminae.These fish are known as the giant gouramis and are native to rivers, lakes, pools, swamps and floodplains in Southeast Asia, with O. exodon from the Mekong basin, O. laticlavius and O. septemfasciatus from Borneo, while O. goramy is relatively widespread.
The presence of giant gouramis in Borneo is possibly the result of introductions. [9] The final species in the genus, the giant red tail gourami, is restricted to Sabah where the others do not occur. This suggests that the different Osphronemus species originally had allo-or parapatric distributions. [8] [9]
Osphronemus septemfasciatus is a species of giant gourami, a type of Southeast Asian freshwater fish from the family Osphronemidae. [2] It is endemic to the island of Borneo where it is found in the Malaysian state of Sarawak, in Brunei, and the Indonesian provinces of West Kalimantan, East Kalimantan and North Kalimantan.
A recent study in the Journal of Great Lakes Research shed light on the growing problem of goldfish proliferating outside of the proverbial fish bowl.
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It’s no fish tale. Giant goldfish have been appearing in freshwater lakes around the country. It’s a development that has surprised people. “Honestly, I was in shock. I almost fell off my ...
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