One more alien freshwater fish species in New Caledonia: the three-spot gourami Trichogaster trichopterus (Teleostei: Osphronemidae)

Authors

  • Cyril Firmat UMR CNRS 5561 Biogéosciences - Université de Bourgogne, 6 boulevard Gabriel, 21000 Dijon, France
  • Paul Alibert UMR CNRS 5561 Biogéosciences - Université de Bourgogne, 6 boulevard Gabriel, 21000 Dijon, France

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26496/bjz.2011.143

Keywords:

aquarium fish, biological invasions, first occurrence, Oceania, species introduction

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2024-03-15

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Firmat, C., & Alibert, P. (2024). One more alien freshwater fish species in New Caledonia: the three-spot gourami Trichogaster trichopterus (Teleostei: Osphronemidae). Belgian Journal of Zoology, 141(2), 90–92. https://doi.org/10.26496/bjz.2011.143

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Vol. 141 No. 2 (2011)

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