Osphronemidae

Giant red tail gourami

Osphronemus laticlavius

Fifty Centimeters Osphronemid Fish of Indonesian Waters

• Red
• Tropical
• Regional distribution
• Freshwater fish
• Southeast Asia
• Deep-bodied
• Compressed cross-section
• Medium
• Tropical fish

The giant red tail gourami (Osphronemus laticlavius) is a large species of gourami belonging to the family Osphronemidae. This endangered fish is native to the Southeast Asian island of Borneo, where only known from the Kinabatangan and Segama river basins in Sabah, East Malaysia. First described in 1992 based on an aquarium specimen, its exact range was not entirely certain, leading some source to incorrectly also report it from Indonesia.