Sphaerichthys

{{Short description|Genus of fishes}}

{{Automatic_taxobox

| image = Sphaerichthys osphromenoides.jpg

| image_caption = Sphaerichthys osphromenoides

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| image2_caption = "Sphaerichthys vaillanti" pair (female top; male bottom)

| taxon = Sphaerichthys

| authority = Canestrini, 1860

| type_species = Sphaerichthys osphromenoides

| type_species_authority = Canestrini, 1860{{Cof record|genid=2671|title=Sphaerichthys|access-date=14 December 2019}}

}}

Sphaerichthys is a genus of gouramis native to Southeast Asia known as chocolate gourami. These species live mostly in blackwater rivers/swamps with acidic water. They have dark-light brownish hues with the exception being the female of S. vaillanti which can be dark reddish brown with green-dark blue/black stripes. They are shy fish that are hard to find because of their camouflage which when in action makes them look like a dead leaf floating along the river.