Sphaerichthys is a genus of gouramis native to Southeast Asia known as chocolate gourami.[2] These species live mostly in blackwater rivers/swamps with acidic water. They have dark-light brownish hues with the exception being the female of S. vaillanti which can be dark reddish brown with green-dark blue/black stripes. They are shy fish that are hard to find because of their camouflage which when in action makes them look like a dead leaf floating along the river.
^Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Sphaerichthys". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
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Sphaerichthys vaillanti, known as Vaillant's chocolate gourami, Samurai gourami, or Samurai zebra gourami , is a species of gourami. It is native to Asia...
food. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sphaerichthys osphromenoides. Low, B.W. (2019). "Sphaerichthys osphromenoides". IUCN Red List of Threatened...
contain or consist entirely of paternal mouthbrooders. Two species of Sphaerichthys are maternal mouthbrooders. Osteoglossidae (arowanas): Some members...
half of its own length. Like several closely related genera (such as Sphaerichthys), it is a mouthbrooder (in this case a paternal mouthbrooder). Low,...
and peat swamps with species such as the tiny Sundadanio rasboras, Sphaerichthys gouramis, and macropodusine gouramis. The main river itself also includes...
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