“Sepat Siam”or Siamese gourami or snake-skin gourami Trichopodus pectoralis is a species of gourami native to Southeast Asia. Found in shallow sluggish or standing-water habitats with a lot of aquatic vegetation. Its anal fin is nearly the length of the body and the pelvic fins are long and thread-like. The back is olive in colour and the flanks are greenish gray with a silver iridescence. An obvious, irregular black band extends from the snout, through the eye, and to the caudal peduncle. Snakeskin gourami are found in rice paddies, shallow ponds, and swamps. “Sepat Siam” are found in shallow, sluggish, or standing water habitats with a lot of aquatic vegetation. The production of snakeskin gourami from wild stocks and traditional culture systems has been declining in Indonesia, although they are on the increase in modern culture practices adopted in some provinces. Juvenile snakeskin gouramis have strikingly strong zig-zag lines from the eye to the base of the tail, and familiarly named slipper in East Java.