Giant Gourami

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This fish is call jia lie in chinese there is some at Macritchie they normally eat bread. it fighting power is quite powerful. I caught 1 2kg 1 before and a rare pink colour

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Is there a picture of the gourami, especially the pink one you mentioned?

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caught by my friend from indonesia

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Hi just for your information there is a lot of Giant Gourami at the Singapore ZOO size from 50 cm to 90 cm

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Thanks for the photo patrick, I actually saw the white gourami while I was luring for peacock bass the other day. It doesn't seem easily spooked by my presence until cast my lure at it.

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I think it appear at the same spot again ryt

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poptiger wrote:This fish is call jia lie in chinese there is some at Macritchie they normally eat bread. it fighting power is quite powerful. I caught 1 2kg 1 before and a rare pink colour
I think that "pink" gourami is an albino. ;)

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