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Common Name: thicklipped gourami
Taxonomy: available through 
Identification: Commonly used synonym is Colisa labiosus. An identification key and distinguishing characteristics were given in Talwar and Jhingran (1992); distinguishing characteristics were also provided by Sterba (1973). This species is very similar in appearance to C. fasciata. A color photograph of live fish appeared in Axelrod et al. (1985).
Size: 8 cm.
Native Range: Tropical Asia. Southern Burma (Sterba 1973; Talwar and Jhingran 1992).
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Nonindigenous Occurrences: Collected from a canal adjacent to a fish farm in Ruskin, Hillsborough County, Florida, in 1977 (Courtenay and Hensley 1979a; Courtenay et al. 1984; Courtenay and Stauffer 1990; Courtenay et al. 1991).
Means of Introduction: Probable release or escape from fish farm.
Status: Reported from Florida.
Impact of Introduction: Unknown.
Remarks: There are no known voucher specimens.
Axelrod, H. R., W. E. Burgess, N. Pronek, and J. G. Walls. 1985. Dr. Axelrod's atlas of freshwater aquarium fishes. Tropical Fish Hobbyist Publications, Inc., Neptune City, NJ.
Courtenay, W. R., Jr., and D. A. Hensley. 1979a. Survey of introduced non-native fishes. Phase I Report. Introduced exotic fishes in North America: status 1979. Report Submitted to National Fishery Research Laboratory, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Gainesville, FL.
Courtenay, W. R., Jr., and J. R. Stauffer, Jr.. 1990. The introduced fish problem and the aquarium fish industry. Journal of the World Aquaculture Society 21(3):145-159.
Courtenay, W. R., Jr., D. A. Hensley, J. N. Taylor, and J. A. McCann. 1984. Distribution of exotic fishes in the continental United States. Pages 41-77 in W. R. Courtenay, Jr., and J. R. Stauffer, Jr., editors. Distribution, biology and management of exotic fishes. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, MD.
Courtenay, W. R., Jr., D. P. Jennings, and J. D. Williams. 1991. Appendix 2: exotic fishes. Pages 97-107 in Robins, C. R., R. M. Bailey, C. E. Bond, J. R. Brooker, E. A. Lachner, R. N. Lea, and W. B. Scott. Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States and Canada, 5th edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 20. American Fisheries Society, Bethesda, MD.
Sterba, G. 1973. Freshwater fishes of the world. English translation and revision from German. Two volumes. Tropical Fish Hobbyist Publications, Inc., Neptune City, NJ.
Talwar, P. K., and A. G. Jhingran, editors. 1992. Inland fishes of India and adjacent countries. A. A. Balkema, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Two volumes.
Other Resources:
FishBase Fact Sheet
Author: Leo Nico
Revision Date: 4/29/1999 Citation for this information:
Leo Nico. 2009. Colisa labiosa. USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database, Gainesville, FL.
<http://nas.er.usgs.gov/queries/FactSheet.asp?speciesID=328> Revision Date: 4/29/1999
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