Belontia

Belontia, sometimes referred to as combtail gouramis, is a genus of gouramis, the only genus within the subfamily Belontiinae, native to freshwater habitats in Southeast Asia and Sri Lanka.^[2] These are medium sized to large gouramis that are seldom kept in aquariums due to their aggression and relative lack of the color common to other gouramis.

Belontia
Malay combtail (B. hasselti)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Anabantiformes
Family:	Osphronemidae
Subfamily:	Belontiinae Liem, 1963
Genus:	Belontia G. S. Myers, 1923
Type species
Polyacanthus hasselti G. Cuvier, 1831[1]

Species

There are currently two recognized species in this genus:^[2]

• Belontia hasselti (G. Cuvier, 1831) (Malay combtail)
• Belontia signata (Günther, 1861) (Ceylonese combtail)