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gourami|ˈgʊərəmɪ, gʊəˈrəmɪ|
Also goramy, gouramy.
[ad. Mal. gurāmī.]
A large freshwater food fish, Osphronemus goramy, of the family Anabantidæ, native to south-east Asia; also, any of various smaller members of the family, freq. kept in aquaria.
1878F. Day Fishes of India I. 372 At the end of a month numerous fry appear, over which the old gouramies keep watch many days. 1879Encycl. Brit. X. 781/1 Goramy, or Gouramy. 1880A. Günther Introd. Study Fishes xiv. 185 In the first third of the present century, the Javanese Goramy was acclimatised in Mauritius and Guiana. Ibid. ii. 517 To this genus belongs the celebrated ‘Gourami’ (Osphromenus [sic] olfax), reputed to be one of the best flavoured Freshwater-fishes in the East-Indian Archipelago. 1931J. R. Norman Hist. Fishes iv. 81 Some or all of the rays may be drawn out into lengthy filaments, as in the Dwarf Cod-fish (Bregmaceros) and Gourami (Osphronemus). 1952H. R. Axelrod Tropical Fish as Hobby iii. 55 The Colisa lalia, or Dwarf Gourami, is..the smallest of the Gouramis. 1961E. S. Herald Living Fishes of World 244/1 Although many members of this family have had the term ‘gourami’ included in their common names, the true gourami, Osphronemus goramy, is the only species to which the name should apply. |