Dwarf GouramiColisa lalia

Facts

6.0 - 8.0

8.8 cm

Dwarf Gouramy, Red Lalia, Sunset Gourami

Asia: Pakistan, India and Bangladesh. This is the smallest and most popular of the small gouramis which have been widely distributed outside of its native range (Ref. 1739).

freshwater

Colisa

Osphronemidae

Perciformes

Actinopterygii

Chordata

Animalia

source: FishBase

Description

The dwarf gourami, Colisa lalia, has an almost translucent blue color, with vertical red to dark orange stripes. In its native range, it is dried for food and kept as an aquarium fish. It has become highly popular for aquaria.

Dwarf gouramis from Singapore may carry dwarf gourami iridovirus. Recent research has shown that 22% of Singapore Colisa lalia carry this virus.
source: Wikipedia

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