GOURAMI

[gou.ra.mi] n, pl -mi or -mis also -mies [Malay dial. (Java), fr. Jav grameh] (1878): any of numerous African and Asian tropical freshwater fishes (order Perciformes): as a: a large Asian food fish (Osphronemus goramy, family Osphronemidae) b: any of various small fishes (families Belontiidae and Helostomatidae) often kept in aquariums