Moonlight Gourami

Trichopodus microlepis

Also known as: Golden Blue Gourami, Golden Gourami, Moon Gourami, Moonbeam Gourami, Pearl Gourami, Trichogaster microlepis

ALSO KNOWN AS

Golden Blue Gourami
Golden Gourami
Moon Gourami
Moonbeam Gourami
Pearl Gourami
Trichogaster microlepis

LCLeast ConcernIUCN Red List, 2012

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Overview

Found close to vegetation, in sluggish, standing waters, of ponds and swamps.
Widespread Asia

Popular in the aquarium trade.

How to identify

COLOURS

Fins & Tail: filament fins

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freshwater

Found close to vegetation, in sluggish, standing waters, of ponds and swamps.

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Aimee Roke· 23 Jan 2020
The pictured fish is not a moonlight gourami. The moonlight gourami and the gold/three-spot gourami are not the same breed. Gold/Three-spot gourami are trichogaster leeri, moonlight is correctly named above a T. Microlepsis, named for the small scales that give the moonlight gourami its shimmering silver color. Moonlight gouramis do not vary widely in color, but three-spot gouramis do - comprising blue, gold, opaline varieties.
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Taxonomy

kingdomAnimalia
phylumChordata
classTeleostei
orderAnabantiformes
familyOsphronemidae
genusTrichopodus
speciesTrichopodus microlepis (Günther, 1861)

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Moonlight Gourami

Overview

How to identify

Habitat & where to find it

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Taxonomy

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