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Frail gourami

Ctenops nobilis McClelland, 1845

Status not recordedbony fish

The frail gourami (Ctenops nobilis) is a species in the family Osphronemidae, order Anabantiformes.

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Quick facts about the frail gourami

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the frail gourami live?

Not recorded

Is the frail gourami endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the frail gourami classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderAnabantiformes
  5. familyOsphronemidae
  6. genusCtenops
  7. SpeciesCtenops nobilis McClelland, 1845

Synonyms Osphromenus nobilis, Osphronemus nobilis

Other names and names in other languages (2)
  • Noble gouramiEnglish
  • НитеносецRussian

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the frail gourami

Other species in the same family Osphronemidae.

LC, Least Concern
Paradise fish (Macropodus opercularis)

Paradise fish

Macropodus opercularis

Osphronemidae

Lace gourami

Trichopodus leerii

OsphronemidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

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What kind of animal is the frail gourami?

The frail gourami (Ctenops nobilis) belongs to the family Osphronemidae in the order Anabantiformes.

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Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Frail gourami (Ctenops nobilis). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/frail-gourami

MLA

“Frail gourami (Ctenops nobilis).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/frail-gourami.

BibTeX
@misc{frail_gourami_2026,
  title = {Frail gourami (Ctenops nobilis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/frail-gourami},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}