Frail gourami

Frail gourami
Conservation status
	; Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Family:	Osphronemidae
Genus:	Ctenops; McClelland, 1845
Species:	C. nobilis
Binomial name
	Ctenops nobilis; McClelland, 1845
Synonyms
	Osphronemus nobilis (McClelland, 1845);

The frail gourami (Ctenops nobilis) is a species of gourami native to eastern India and Bangladesh found in lakes, ponds, rivers, and streams with plentiful vegetation overgrowth. This species grows to a length of 10 cm (3.9 in). It can also be found in the aquarium trade. This species is the only known member of its genus.^[2]

References

^ Vishwanath, W. 2010. Ctenops nobilis. In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 23 March 2014.
^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Ctenops nobilis". FishBase. February 2014 version.

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[1] Vishwanath, W. 2010. Ctenops nobilis. In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 23 March 2014.

[2] Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Ctenops nobilis". FishBase. February 2014 version.

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