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fish it will give warning of the fact by losing 

 its liveliness and colors. Otherwise it re- 

 quires hardly more care and attention than 

 the common gold fish. 



Dotted or Spined Gourami (OsphroillCiUtS 

 trichopterus) differs from the Gourami in its 

 color, which is olive. The sides of bod)' and 

 head have dark brown cross bars. Very 

 characteristic are four round, sharply de- 

 fined spots of a velvety black, one pair of 

 which is placed on the sides about midway 

 between the head and tail, the second pair 

 on the base of the caudal fin. The dorsal 

 and caudal fins have a light border. Dur- 

 ing mating time the colors increase greatly 

 in intensity and sharpness of outline. 



Osphromcnus trichopterus, var, cantoris, 

 frequently considered a variety, differs from 

 the former, in that the black side spots are 

 missing. A dark band with a light border 

 runs in a zigzag line from head to caudal fin, 

 the latter having white blotches. The color 



