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:








Formerly kept:
Trichogaster leerii (Pearl Gourami) Betta pugnax (Penang Mouthbrooder)
Colisa sota (honey gourami) Macropodus opercularis (Paradisefish)
Trichopsis pumila (Dwarf Croaking Gourami) Trichopsis vittata (Croaking gourami)
Trichogaster trichopterus Dario dario
Betta splendens (Siamese Fighting Fish)



                                                  


Last updated Feb. 21, 2009