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Kissing Gourami

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Date
2023
Author
Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, Inland Fishery Resources Development and Management Department
Kementerian Kelautan Dan Perikanan, Republik Indonesia
Subject
habitats ASFA
geographical distribution ASFA
foods ASFA
reproduction ASFA
Helostoma temminckii AGROVOC
Sumatra TGN
Kalimantan TGN
Java TGN
Taxonomic term
Helostoma temminckii GBIF
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Description
Habitat

The fish lives in fresh water area, benthopelagic with calm, shallow currents, and lots of aquatic plants. The water pH ranges is 6-8 and the temperature is 22°C-28°C.

Distribution

This fish is naturally (natively) found in Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand. It is an introduced fish in the Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, and Colombia. The distribution area in Indonesia is in Sumatra, Kalimantan and Java.

Food

It's an omnivorous fish that eat mosses, aquatic plants, zooplankton, to aquatic insects. The habit of eating by gnawing food that sticks to the surface of other objects looks like kissing, so it is because of this habit that this is also called "kissing gourami".

Reproduction

It begins to breed at the age of 12-18 months, with a weight of around 150 g and a total length of more than 20 cm. Spawning time occurs under floating aquatic plants. The spawning process can occur every 3 months if the availability of natural feed is sufficient.
Keywords
Tembakang
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14277/84
Type
Poster
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