Anabantids

Anabantids are a specialized fish that have a breathing organ called the labyrinth (this is an air-filled breathing cavity). This organ allows these fish to stay in low oxygenated waters since they can breathe air from the surface of the water.

Gold gourami male


Fish I currently keep:
Trichogaster leerii (Pearl Gourami) Betta splendens (Siamese Fighting Fish)






Formerly kept:

Betta pugnax (Penang Mouthbrooder)
Colisa sota (honey gourami) Macropodus opercularis (Paradisefish)
Trichopsis pumila (Dwarf Croaking Gourami) Trichopsis vittata (Croaking gourami)
Trichogaster trichopterus Dario dario





                                                  


Last updated July 30, 2011