A Thai woman cuts snakeskin gourami fish at a local market in order to make salted fish in Samut Prakan province May 7, 2011. REUTERS/Sukree Sukplang (THAILAND - Tags: SOCIETY FOOD) 

Thai women cut snakeskin gourami fish at a local market as they make salted fish in Samut Prakan province May 7, 2011. REUTERS/Sukree Sukplang (THAILAND - Tags: SOCIETY FOOD) 

A Thai woman dries snakeskin gourami fish at a local market in order to make salted fish in Samut Prakan province May 7, 2011. REUTERS/Sukree Sukplang (THAILAND - Tags: SOCIETY FOOD) 

A Thai woman dries snakeskin gourami fish at a local market in order to make salted fish in Samut Prakan province May 7, 2011. REUTERS/Sukree Sukplang (THAILAND - Tags: SOCIETY FOOD) 

A Thai woman dries snakeskin gourami fish at a local market in order to make salted fish in Samut Prakan province May 7, 2011. REUTERS/Sukree Sukplang (THAILAND - Tags: SOCIETY FOOD IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

A Giant Gourami, or Osphronemus Gourami, is reflected while swimming in a fish tank at the Exhibits, Symposium and Celebration of Ornamental Fish Week in Paranaque City, south of Manila, May 28, 2007.
REUTERS/Darren Whiteside (PHILIPPINES) 

A pair of Kissing Gourami fish kiss at the Shanghai Ocean Aquarium on Valentine's Day in Shanghai February 14, 2007. REUTERS/Nir Elias (CHINA) BEST QUALITY AVAILABLE 

A pair of Kissing Gourami fish kiss at the Shanghai Ocean Aquarium on Valentine's Day in Shanghai February 14, 2007. REUTERS/Nir Elias (CHINA) FOR BEST QUALITY AVAILABLE SEE GF2E54B05XC01 

A pair of tropical "kissing fish", locally called "Jie wen yu", kiss at a shop in Shanghai February 14, 2004. The "kissing fish," an aquarium fish that puckers its lips, is a popular gift during Valentine's Day in China. A pair of "kissing fish" costs 80 yuan (US$ 9.70). REUTERS/Claro Cortes IV PP04020074 CC/FA 

A saleswoman in northeastern Beijing displays a Chinese-made mobile phone covered in Pearl Gourami fish skin called the Eastcom EG888 which sells for about 5,300 yuan ($640). [The recent explosion of gimmicky domestic models is proving a fresh challenge to second-tier European brands in China. With more than 170 million cellular subscribers, China is the world's biggest and most sought-after mobile market.] 

A saleswoman in northeastern Beijing displays a Chinese-made mobile phone
covered in Pearl Gourami fish skin called the Eastcom EG888 which sells for
about 5,300 yuan ($640), July 2, 2002. The recent explosion of gimmicky
domestic models is proving a fresh challenge to second-tier European brands
in China. With more than 170 million cellular subscribers, China is the
world's biggest and most sought-after mobile market. Reuters/Str

LLW/JS