GORAMY or GOURAMY (Osphromenus olfax), one of the best-flavoured freshwater fishes in the East Indian archipelago. Being omnivorous and tenacious of life, it is to be recommended for acclimatization in other tropical countries. It attains the size of a large turbot. Its shape is flat and short, the body covered with large scales ; the dorsal and anal fins are provided with numerous spines, and the ventral fins are produced into long filaments. It possesses an accessory respiratory organ above the gills, enabling it to live for some time out of water.