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Samurai gourami

Sphaerichthys vaillanti Pellegrin, 1930

Status not recordedbony fish

The samurai gourami (Sphaerichthys vaillanti) is a species in the family Osphronemidae, order Anabantiformes.

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Quick facts about the samurai 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 samurai gourami live?

Not recorded

Is the samurai 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 samurai gourami classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderAnabantiformes
  5. familyOsphronemidae
  6. genusSphaerichthys
  7. SpeciesSphaerichthys vaillanti Pellegrin, 1930
Other names and names in other languages (6)
  • Samurai chocolate gouramiEnglish
  • Valliant's chocolate gouramiEnglish
  • čichavec VaillantůvCzech
  • EnsepatMalay
  • Gourami-samuraiPortuguese
  • Гурами ВейлантаRussian

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the samurai gourami

Other species in the same genus Sphaerichthys.

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Common questions

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What kind of animal is the samurai gourami?

The samurai gourami (Sphaerichthys vaillanti) belongs to the family Osphronemidae in the order Anabantiformes.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Samurai gourami (Sphaerichthys vaillanti). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/samurai-gourami

MLA

“Samurai gourami (Sphaerichthys vaillanti).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/samurai-gourami.

BibTeX
@misc{samurai_gourami_2026,
  title = {Samurai gourami (Sphaerichthys vaillanti)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/samurai-gourami},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}