Is this a honey gourami?

[Nabaliss]

Hi, does this look like a honey gourami Trichogaster chuna?

I ordered 4 of these fish, the photo is from the listing & they're labeled as "Honey Sunset Gourami".

I know they get confused with Thick Lipped Gourami Trichogaster labiosa. Hoping that's not the case here because I already have 1 honey that I wanted to get companions for.

Thank you!

 

[Crispii]

No. Trichogaster labiosa.

 

[Colin_T]

looks like an orange form of the honey gourami

 

[Nabaliss]

Thank you both. I guess I'll see when they get here! Supposed to arrive Thursday or Friday, I'll post a picture of them then. Will have to do some rearranging if they end up not being T chuna honeys.

 

[DoubleDutch]

There is no orange form of T.chuna.
It is T.labiosa (though expected to be an hybryd)

 

[GaryE]

There are very few chuna available where I am. It's become a rare fish. The fish sold as honey gouramis in local stores are all hybrids, usually larger and not nearly as nice.
It isn't a fish I would order online unless I knew the seller well, as what you don't see is what you get.

 

[Nabaliss]

Just got the gouramis. 3 of 4 made it. They don't look like my honey, or like the seller's photo. Acclimating them right now.

 

[Colin_T]

The first picture with 2 fish, do not look like honey gouramis.

The second picture with 1 fish, the fish does have a honey gourami body shape.

 

[Nabaliss]

Yeah, I'm pretty sure they're not honeys. This is my honey from Aquarium Co-op, looks nothing like these 3.

 

[DoubleDutch]

Just got the gouramis. 3 of 4 made it. They don't look like my honey, or like the seller's photo. Acclimating them right now.
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A beautiful T.labiosa

 

[Nabaliss]

I wrote to the seller, they just responded with "they are not Labiosa".

Very cute & friendly fish, just not what I wanted. I set up a tank for them last night, it's only a 10g (they were supposed to go in one of my 40g breeders), but they're really young & small so they'll be fine until I decide what to do.

 

[DoubleDutch]

I wrote to the seller, they just responded with "they are not Labiosa".

Very cute & friendly fish, just not what I wanted. I set up a tank for them last night, it's only a 10g (they were supposed to go in one of my 40g breeders), but they're really young & small so they'll be fine until I decide what to do.

Didn't expect a different answer.

 

[DoubleDutch]

I wrote to the seller, they just responded with "they are not Labiosa".

Very cute & friendly fish, just not what I wanted. I set up a tank for them last night, it's only a 10g (they were supposed to go in one of my 40g breeders), but they're really young & small so they'll be fine until I decide what to do.

Red Robin Gourami-Trichogaster labiosa var.

Expert facts, care advice, feeding tips and breeding information about the Red Robin Gourami (Trichogaster labiosa var.) for freshwater aquarium enthusiasts.

www.fishkeeper.co.uk

 

[Nabaliss]

Didn't expect a different answer.

Yeah, of course. The whole transaction is just a mess.

 

[Nabaliss]

Red Robin Gourami-Trichogaster labiosa var.

Expert facts, care advice, feeding tips and breeding information about the Red Robin Gourami (Trichogaster labiosa var.) for freshwater aquarium enthusiasts.

www.fishkeeper.co.uk

Wow, that looks like them, thank you!