Belontia
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Belontia is a genus
of gourami
. It is the only genus within the subfamily Belontiinae. The Belontia genus contains two species, the Malay combtail (Belontia hasselti) and the Ceylonese combtail (Belontia signata).
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of gourami
Gourami
Gouramis are a family, Osphronemidae, of freshwater perciform fishes. The fish are native to Asia, from Pakistan and India to the Malay Archipelago and north-easterly towards Korea. The name "gourami" is also used for fish of the families Helostomatidae and Anabantidae. "Gouramis" is an example of...
. It is the only genus within the subfamily Belontiinae. The Belontia genus contains two species, the Malay combtail (Belontia hasselti) and the Ceylonese combtail (Belontia signata).