Giant gourami eggs, in a captive environment, sometimes becoming aggressive towards the female. The eggs hatch in 24 hours. They must be kept in a dark aquarium. Partly in consequence of its size, the giant gourami is a significant food fish, and in its native regions it has been harvested as a customary food source. In Asian cuisine, gourami is highly valued as food due to its thick flesh, pleasant texture as well as its tasty flavour. Unlike carp and milkfish, gouramis do not have fine bones within their flesh, which render them easy to consume, thus elevate its economic value. In
Creature type (Dungeons & Dragons) an insect, arachnid, arthropod, worm, or other invertebrate. Some have magical abilities, and others are giant versions of real insects. Most vermin are considered mindless individually. Since many vermin are too small to model individually, they are often represented as swarms (clusters that act like single creatures and sometimes have hive minds). In 4th edition, type was split into types and origins. "Beast", "humanoid" and "monstrous humanoid" remained classified as creature types, while many subtypes from earlier editions were converted to keywords, as were some types, such as "undead" and "construct". "Animates" are magically animated creatures, such as golems, zombies