Chocolate gourami
Sphaerichthys osphromenoides
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The chocolate gourami from the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra and Borneo lives in blackwater peat swamps. Unlike most gouramis, it is the female that mouthbroods the eggs. It is delicate and needs soft, acidic water.
- Scientific name
- Sphaerichthys osphromenoides
- Family
- Osphronemidae
Fact sheet
General
- Water
- Freshwater
- Group
- Fish
Taxonomy
- Family
- Osphronemidae
- Order
- Anabantiformes
- Synonyms
- Sphaerichthys osphromenoides osphromenoides, Sphaerichthys osphronemoides
Origin
- Native region
- Ásia
Water
- Temperature
- 26–31 °C
- pH
- 4–6.5
- General hardness (GH)
- 0–3 °dGH
Size and lifespan
- Adult size
- 5 cm
- Minimum tank (volume)
- 54 L
- Minimum tank (length)
- 60 cm
Behavior
- Social life
- School
- Swimming level
- Middle
Care
- Care difficulty
- Moderate
Reproduction
- Breeding strategy
- Mouthbrooder
Conservation and trade
- IUCN status
- Data deficient (DD)
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