Thick Lipped Gourami

Thick Lipped Gourami

The thick-lipped gourami, Trichogaster labiosa (also known as Colisa labiosa), is a small freshwater fish of the gourami family Osphronemidae and like other members of this group is noted for being able to breathe air using its labyrinth organ. It reaches a maximum length of 9 cm and is sexually dimorphic, the female being silvery but the male marked with oblique, thin red and blue strips along its flanks. The thick-lipped gourami is a popular aquarium fish.

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