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 trichopterus
 Betta splendens (Siamese Fighting Fish)






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)

Dario dario





                                                  


Last updated August 10, 2007