Trichogaster fasciata

Trichogaster fasciata
Illustration by Francis Day
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anabantiformes
Family: Osphronemidae
Genus: Trichogaster
Species:
T. fasciata
Binomial name
Trichogaster fasciata
Red: extant , Light red: possibly extant
Synonyms
  • Colisa fasciata (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
  • Colisa fasciatus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
  • Polyacanthus fasciatus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
  • Trichopodus colisa Hamilton, 1822
  • Trichopodus bejeus Hamilton, 1822
  • Trichopodus cotra Hamilton, 1822
  • Colisa vulgaris Cuvier, 1831
  • Colisa ponticeriana Valenciennes, 1831

Trichogaster fasciata, the banded gourami or striped gourami or Colisa or Kholshe , is a tropical labyrinth perch found in some Asian countries like Bangladesh, Eastern India, Northeastern India, Nepal, Upper Myanmar, China and Pakistan.

It is also called giant gourami and for this reason it is often being confused with the Osphronemus goramy which has the same common name.