Snakeskin

SEPAT SIAM
Snakeskin consists of several types, but the famous are only two kinds of sepat (Trichogaster trichopterus) long, 12 cm maksimuni his clan sepat siam (Trichogaster pectorahs) the maximum body length of 25 cm. Snakeskin first type is not cultivated, while sepat siam a freshwater fishery commodities mainstay widely cultivated.
Snakeskin Siamese inserted into Indonesia from Thailand through Malaysia in 1934. This fish had been cultivated for the first time in Indonesia in 1935. These fish are widely scattered throughout the territory of Indonesia in 1937. Not surprisingly, the Siamese sepat also found living in a swamp.
Siamese Snakeskin is an important economic fish is very popular used as salted fish. Siamese sepat menu is fried salted usually served as a vegetable side dishes complement the menu of popular tamarind in Jakarta and Java Bar • at. Therefore, this type sepat very widely known and cultivated in various regions in Indonesia.


Classification
Phyllum: Chordata
Class: Pisces
Order: Anabantoidae
Family: Belontiidae
Genus: Trichogaster
Species: Trichogaster pectoralis
Foreign names: snakeskinned gouramy, spotted gouramy
Local name: sepat siam
Morphological characteristics
Snakeskin Siamese similar to carp, but has a body size smaller. There are black spots in the middle of the stem tail, this fish lehingga called spotted gouramy. In addition, the color of his piebald like snake skin makes this fish is also named snakeskinned gouramy. Meanwhile, a nickname given because sepat siam than many in Siam, Thailand allegedly given because the shape of a larger body than other types Spat.
Eating Kehiasaan
Siamese Snakeskin is the original fish swamp, from the sweet-water marsh to brackish water swamp. This fish-eating fish belong to all (omnivores). Feed primarily plankton, algae, water plants, and small organisms that live in waters where he grew up.
source: Khairul Amri, S. Pi, MSI, and Khairuman, SP Agromedia library, 2008