- a large, air-breathing, nest-building, freshwater Asiatic fish, Osphronemus goramy, used for food.
- any of several small, air-breathing, nest-building Asiatic fishes of the genera Trichogaster, Colisa, and Trichopsis, often kept in aquariums.
- a large SE Asian labyrinth fish, Osphronemus goramy, used for food and (when young) as an aquarium fish
- any of various other labyrinth fishes, such as Helostoma temmincki (kissing gourami), many of which are brightly coloured and popular aquarium fishes
