Trichogaster fasciata Bloch & Schneider 1801

Body elongate and strongly compressed. Mouth small, slightly protrusible; upper lip papillose, especially in old males. Preorbital serrate in young specimen. Color greenish with oblique orange or bluish bars descending downwards and backwards from the back to the anal fin. Vertical fins with alternating dark and pale spots or bars; the anal fin often with a red margin.

Anchor worm Disease. Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.)

Fish louse Infestation 1. Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.)

Costia Disease. Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.)

Pseudomonas infection. Bacterial diseases

Skin Flukes. Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.)

Pallisentis Disease. Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.)

Metacercaria Infection (Flatworms). Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.)

Bacterial Infections (general). Bacterial diseases

Cosmoxynemoides Disease. Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.)

Male defends the bubble-nest. Lays 500-600 eggs.

Dorsal spines (total): 15 - 17; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9 - 14; Anal spines: 15 - 18; Analsoft rays: 14 - 19; Vertebrae: 27

Occurs in large rivers, estuaries, ditches and ponds.

Occurs in large rivers, estuaries, ditches, ponds (Ref. 4833) and lakes, generally preferring weedy environment (Ref. 41236). An air-breathing species (Ref. 118402).

fisheries: minor commercial