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Giant gourami

Osphronemus goramy Lacepède, 1801

Status not recordedbony fish

The giant gourami (Osphronemus goramy) is a species in the family Osphronemidae, order Anabantiformes.

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Quick facts about the giant 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 giant gourami live?

Not recorded

Is the giant 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 giant gourami classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderAnabantiformes
  5. familyOsphronemidae
  6. genusOsphronemus
  7. SpeciesOsphronemus goramy Lacepède, 1801

Synonyms Osphromenus gourami, Osphromenus notatus, Osphromenus olfax, Osphromenus satyrus, Osphronemus gorami, Osphronemus gourami, Osphronemus gouramy, Trichopode mentonnier, Trichopodus mentum, Trichopus goramy, Trichopus satyrus

Other names and names in other languages (16)
  • Giant GouramyEnglish
  • gurama velkáCzech
  • KæmpeguramiDanish
  • SpeiseguramiGerman
  • GouramiFrench
  • KaluiIndonesian
  • KjempeguramiNorwegian Bokmål
  • GoeramiDutch
  • Gurami olbrzymiPolish
  • Gourami-gigantePortuguese
  • Настоящий гурамиRussian
  • ปลาแรดThai
  • Dev GromiTurkish
  • Гурамі велетенськийUkrainian
  • Ikan GuramiIndonesian
  • Pla RaedThai

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the giant gourami

Other species in the same genus Osphronemus.

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Common questions

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What kind of animal is the giant gourami?

The giant gourami (Osphronemus goramy) belongs to the family Osphronemidae in the order Anabantiformes.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Giant gourami (Osphronemus goramy). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/giant-gourami

MLA

“Giant gourami (Osphronemus goramy).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/giant-gourami.

BibTeX
@misc{giant_gourami_2026,
  title = {Giant gourami (Osphronemus goramy)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/giant-gourami},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}