Trichogaster fasciata
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.
| 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 |
| Binomial name | |
| Trichogaster fasciata Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801 | |
| Synonyms | |
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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.
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