I still need help

[Ethos]

I need to find out what this fish is! I cant find my recipt for him, all I know is that he's a male, light brown, dark spotted male gourami. Anyone have a website with all the gouramis?

 

[Dwarfs]

Are you sure that it's a gourami and not some species of ctenopoma? What you are describing (Brown with dark spots) sounds like a leopard ctenopoma to me

http/www.fishforums.net/index.php?showtopic=41710

 

[Ethos]

No, thanks. Its only spotted on the very top. And the circles are larger and very round.

 

[Doggfather]

A picture would be extremly helpful

To begin with, are you positive it's a gourami? does it have venterals? (Those are the "feelers") I imagine that there are lots of fish which are light brown and have dark spots

 

[Ethos]

I've tried, but my digital doesn't like my computer. I'm 100% sure its a gourami.

 

[sylvia]

How do you know it's a male?
Does he have two long, thread-like fins?
What size is he?

Is he this (pearl gourami - most likely - aren't they beauties?): http/www.plantedtank.net/images/fish/pearlgourami.jpg

Or this (chocolate gourami): http/i.ugtz.com/albums/Soft-Water-Fish/choco.jpg

 

[Ethos]

Ok, so its not a chocolate gourami.

 

[black angel]

heres a list with pics
http/www.aquazoo.co.uk/page.cfm/Type=Fish/ID=368

 

[sylvia]

Can you please answer my questions from my previous post? That will help consideraby. Is it not a pearl then?

 

[Ethos]

How do you know it's a male?
Does he have two long, thread-like fins?
What size is he?

I'm sure hes a male

Nsot really. I dont know how to decribe them

he's about 4-5 inches right now.

 

[StrontiumDog]

http/www.fishforums.net/index.php?showtopic=92730

Is this your fish?

Form a website I found

Trichogaster trichopterus (Pallas, 1770), the Blue, Opaline (marbled), Gold, Three Spot Gourami, and other common names for its many sports. Asia: Mekong and Xe Bangfai Basins, Indonesia and Malaysia. To six inches maximum length. Conds: pH 6-8, dH 5-19, temp. 22-28 C. Female Three Spot, male Gold varieties shown.

The pic is of the gold

HTH

 

[sylvia]

Maybe it is the gold considering size but they do have thread-like fins. What I meant by that, BTW, is long ventral 'feelers' like those the pearl gourami in your signature has.

About knowing the gender - how do you know? Are you just assuming or is your descision based on its behaviour or some other physical characteristic? It would be much easier to identify what kind of fish it is if you could answer this question.