Frail gourami

Frail gourami
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Actinopterygii
Order:Anabantiformes
Family:Osphronemidae
Subfamily:Luciocephalinae
Genus:Ctenops
McClelland, 1845
Species: C. nobilis
Binomial name
Ctenops nobilis
Synonyms
  • Osphronemus nobilis (McClelland, 1845)

The frail gourami (Ctenops nobilis) is a species of gourami native to eastern India and Bangladesh found in lakes, ponds, rivers, and streams with plentiful vegetation overgrowth. This species grows to a length of 10 cm (3.9 in). It can also be found in the aquarium trade. This species is the only known member of its genus.[2]

References

  1. Vishwanath, W. 2010. Ctenops nobilis. In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. <www.iucnredlist.org Archived June 27, 2014, at the Wayback Machine.>. Downloaded on 23 March 2014.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2014). "Ctenops nobilis" in FishBase. February 2014 version.


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