Osphronemus goramy Lacépède
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Common name |
Giant gourami, Gourami |
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Taxonomic position |
Pisces: Perciformes: Osphronemidae |
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Year of introduction |
Early 1800s, 1865, 1916 |
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Sources |
Indonesia (Java), Mauritius (1865) |
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Target pests |
Various aquatic weeds and algae |
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Present status |
First two introductions did not establish, third established |
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References 1. Jones, S. and Sarojini, KK 1951. History of transplantation and introduction of fishes in India. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, 50: 594-609. 2. Julien, M.H. 1992. Biological control of weeds - A world catalogue of agents and their target weeds. CAB International, Wallingford, U.K, 186 p. 3. Philipose, M.T. 1976. Fifty years of aquatic weed control in India. In: Aquatic Weeds in South EastAsia. Varshney, C.K.; Rzoka, 1. (Eds) The Hague, W. Junk, pp. 215-223. 4. Singh, S.P. 1989a. Biological suppression of weeds. Biological Control Centre, NCIPM, Faridabad. Technical Bulletin (1), 27 p.
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