Identifying Dwarf Females-coblat And Red Fire

[Chipie]

Hi,
I have 2 dwarf gourami females. They where both sold to me has the red fire kind but they look different from one another to me. Can you help identify them. I think i've got a Cobalt female and a Red Fire female.

Here's what seems to be a couple.

This one has some stipes and some blue on her

This one has not stripes or color other than silver.

Here's one of my two males Cobalt

Might as well show you my male Pearl

So do you think i've got two Dwarf Red Fire female or one Cobalt and one Red Fire ?

Thanks

 

[Biulu]

I would say they are all dwarfs, but with different colours and different common names.

 

[Chipie]

Hi,
Yes they are both female dwarf gourami but isn't there a difference between the Cobalt and The Red Fire females ?
Can the male Cobalt and red fire mate with any of the two females?
Thanks

 

[Biulu]

Hi,
Yes they are both female dwarf gourami but isn't there a difference between the Cobalt and The Red Fire females ?
Can the male Cobalt and red fire mate with any of the two females?
Thanks

The difference between the females is only in colour. You would be able to breed with any of them. The only question is what kind of colour comes out as a result....... and I am not an expert on fish genetics unfortunately, so I do not know which colour morph is more dominant than the other.

 

[sylvia]

The striped female is probably a 'cobalt' (the name given to that color varies ) but could be anything between the cobalt and wild-type striped morph as well. The other could be anything but probably isn't one of the banded morphs as they do usually have some kind of visible banding if in good condition.

Anyway - they can all interbreed as they are not different species - just different colors (as was said). In terms of what you would get - it isn't possible to predict that without knowing the parent's (at least) of the pair in question. Cobalt, for example, is not a simple mutation - it is the result of selectively breeding 'wild-type' fish to have increasingly more blue on them. If the female he mates with had a wild-type parent or is the wild color herself, you can expect intermediate fry - with mostly prominent blue banding but obvious red banding as well.

 

[Chipie]

Hi again,
Well thank you so much for the help. It is appreciated. I was pretty sure one of them was not a red fire. But that's ok i have male cobalt gouramis and a red fire. I guess all that matters is that all my gouramis get along. Cobalt or red fire they are both beautiful.
Thanks again.