What type of gourami?

[strychix]

I got this little fish (about 1.75"?) from a LFS in a tank just labeled mixed gourami. I thought a honey gourami but she (just seems very feminine to me) looks very pale and not as broad vertically. I think it's my favorite actual fish, I love how gracefully it moved and one time it scared the heck out of me by smoothly gliding out of the eye of one of my skull ornaments when I was staring into it looking if I can find the pleco. Eerie and pale, it came from the darkness!

Haha, so yeah help identifying would be awesome! Thanks.

 

[Vikkiog]

Looks like my honey gouramis. My lfs told me the males will have red around the tail fins and females have a dark line down their side.

 

[cmaxwell538]

We have a dwarf gourami who looks just like that with some red on the fins. So maybe dwarf instead of honey?

 

[Vikkiog]

Oh really, mine were advertised as honeys. Would the difference between dwarf and honeys be size? Had mine about a year and they're just about 2 inches now.

 

[cmaxwell538]

I could be wrong though...could have been mislabeled!

 

[Vikkiog]

Either way I do love my honeys. Very peaceful, got some red ones a little while back and when their colours come out in full they're so pretty

 

[cmaxwell538]

I agree! We love our gouramis. I saw a tiny reddishone today at our LFS that I wanted!

 

[bettaowner]

Looks like colisa chuna. This is a smaller gourami species

 

[strychix]

Thanks. So do you guys thinks its a boy or girl? Not that it particularly matters, it's name is already Custard.

 

[cmaxwell538]

Not sure how to tell gender on Gouramis. Sorry!

 

[allysonwonderland]

Sexing gouramis is actually all about the dorsal fin. Females will have a shorter, rounder top fin while the males have a longer, often pointed or flared fin. From the picture yours looks male, but I could be wrong!