Schaller's Growling Gurami
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Schaller's Growling Gurami ( Trichopsis schalleri ) |
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Schaller's growling gourami ( Trichopsis schalleri ) belongs to the subordination of the labyrinth fish . The fish are found in Thailand in the Mae Nam Mun , the largest tributary of the Mekong . They inhabit small ponds, swamps, rice fields and ditches with warm water that are densely overgrown with herbaceous plants. The species was named after the discoverer of the fish, the ornamental fish dealer D. Schaller.
description
Schaller's Growling Gurami is a maximum of 6 cm long and is similar to the Growling Gurami ( Trichopsis vittata ). However, his head is not as pointed, and the head and neck profile is not so strongly indented like a saddle. The caudal fin is lanceolate, the posterior rays of the anal fin are drawn out, but do not extend to the middle of the caudal fin. The body is brownish. On the sides of the body the animals show two chestnut brown stripes. The upper one runs from the upper edge of the eye to the caudal fin base, the lower, thicker one from the mouth to the caudal fin base. Dorsal, caudal and anal fins have red edges and numerous small blue dots.
- Fin formula : dorsal III-IV / 8-7, anal VIII-IX / 19-22, ventral I / 5-6.
Like many labyrinth fish, Schaller's Growling Gurami builds a foam nest for reproduction . It is only small and is supported by dense aquatic plants deep below the surface of the water.
literature
- Hans-Joachim Richter: The book of the labyrinth fish. Verlag J. Neumann-Neudamm, 1983, ISBN 3-7888-0292-8 , p. 93.
- Günther Sterba : The world's freshwater fish. 2nd Edition. Urania, Leipzig / Jena / Berlin 1990, ISBN 3-332-00109-4 , p. 869.
Web links
- Schaller's Growling Gurami on Fishbase.org (English)
- Trichopsis schalleri in the endangered Red List species the IUCN 2012. Posted by: Vidthayanon, C., 2011. Accessed April 14, 2016th