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Licorice gourami

Parosphromenus deissneri (Bleeker, 1859)

Status not recordedbony fish

The licorice gourami (Parosphromenus deissneri) is a species in the family Osphronemidae, order Anabantiformes.

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Quick facts about the licorice 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 licorice gourami live?

Not recorded

Is the licorice 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 licorice gourami classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderAnabantiformes
  5. familyOsphronemidae
  6. genusParosphromenus
  7. SpeciesParosphromenus deissneri (Bleeker, 1859)

Synonyms Osphromenus deissneri, Osphronemus deissneri

Other names and names in other languages (3)
  • Deissner's Licorice gouramiEnglish
  • Deissner's liquorice gouramiEnglish
  • Корневидный гурамиRussian

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the licorice gourami

Other species in the same genus Parosphromenus.

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Common questions

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What kind of animal is the licorice gourami?

The licorice gourami (Parosphromenus deissneri) 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). Licorice gourami (Parosphromenus deissneri). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/licorice-gourami

MLA

“Licorice gourami (Parosphromenus deissneri).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/licorice-gourami.

BibTeX
@misc{licorice_gourami_2026,
  title = {Licorice gourami (Parosphromenus deissneri)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/licorice-gourami},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}