Gourami Male Or Female??

[Lord Heat]

I never had Gourami's before but the aquarium I went to today had some very beautiful Gold Gouramis...

Very nice vibrant colors so I bought 4...

The dude that helped me said there is no way of determining male and female fish...

Does anyone have any experience with Gourami's and is there a way to tell the difference?

Thank you in advance...

 

[cjldad]

Guessing, I would say most in the box stores are female...
But you can tell by the dorsal fin..

Male - Long and pointy

Female - Curved

 

[Lord Heat]

Thanks...That helps a lot...

 

[underdog5004]

Also, the pre-anal fin is rounder on the female and stops more abrubtly on the male.