Scientific Name	Trichopodus trichopterus			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	(Pallas, 1770)	Depth	0 - 3M
Chinese	絲鰭毛足鬥魚	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	絲足鱸科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F486　Osphronemidae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	絲鰭毛足鬥魚
Max Length	15 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	絲鰭毛足鱸、三星仔、曼龍
Distribution in World	South East Asia	Distribution in Taiwan
Habitats	Fresh water	Holotype Locality	Indonesia
Synonyms	Labrus trichopterus, Labrvs trichoptervs, Nemaphoerus maculosus, Osphromenus insulatus, Osphromenus siamensis, Stethochaetus biguttatus, Trichogaster trichopterus, Trichopus sepat, Trichopus trichopterus
Reference	台灣淡水及河口魚圖鑑(周及高，2011)  沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993
Specimen List	ASIZP0072706. ASIZP0072723. ASIZP0078381. ASIZP0078382. ASIZP0078383. ASIZP0805389. ASIZP0805406. ASIZP0807152. ASIZP0807153. ASIZP0807154. ASIZP0915389. ASIZP0915406. ASIZP0917152. ASIZP0917153. ASIZP0917154. NMMBP02641. NMMSTP00692. NMNSF00703. NTMP0398.
Barcode	2012-10-15,張家豪,CO1,100% 2012-10-15,張家豪,CO1,100% 2016-01-26,Yu-Ming,CO1,100% 2016-01-26,Yu-Ming,CO1,100%
Common Name	Opaline gourami; Two-spot gouramy; Three-spot gourami; Threespot gourami; Three spot gourami; Three-spot gouramy; Cosby gourami; Blue gourami; Giant gouramy; Gold gourami; Golden gourami
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Head large. Snout short. Eyes slight large. Mouth small, oblique and protractile; posterior end of upper jaw distant from anterior margin of eye. Body laterally compressed, dorsal and ventral profile arched. Scales of moderate size; lateral line complete and curved. Dorsal fin rays：XIII,8; anal fin rays：XII,35. Dorsal fin base short; dorsal fin origin at middle between tip of snout and end of caudal peduncle; Anal fin base long, posterior portion broader; pelvic fin small, first soft ray extended like a thin thread and reaches caudal fin origin; caudal fin forked. Two dark spots on middle of side of body and end of caudal peduncle respectively, joined with eye, so-called tri-spot fighting fish in Chinese.
habitats	Inhabits any kind of slow running water with vegetation, including paddy field, backwater of rivers, lakes, ponds and swamps. Can breath atmospheric air. Male builds bubble nests and mates below. Carnivorours, feed on small aquatic animals. Popular with a
Distribution	Distributed from Thailand, Malaysia Peninsula to Borneo, had been wildly introduced around the world through aquarists. Taiwan population was introduced, abundant in southern Taiwan.
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