What Sex Is This Gourami?

Lazerus · Jan 29, 2009

Hi all,

I'm curious to know what sex my fish is...

Also I believe its a Red Honey Gourami....but on saying that there is so many labels out there on the internet for this particular fish its so confusing!!

Maybe someone can confirm this for me?

Thanks!

Miah002 · Jan 29, 2009

It's a male. Females are silver like mine.

Lazerus · Jan 30, 2009

Really?

That's the first I've ever heard that Red Honey Gourami females are silver??? I thought that was only Dwarf Gouramis. (Blue or Red)

From everything I've read up about these fish, the only way you can tell what sex they are is by the dorsal fin shape...or when they are actually breeding, the male goes really, really red and develops a black colouring.

But I just can't tell from this dorsal fin if its male or female as I've nothing to compare with.

Ok so...Thanks anyway! :good:

Miah002 · Jan 30, 2009

You should look at the all the honeys when they're in the lfs.

From there you can tell the differnce between male and female.

Lazerus · Jan 30, 2009

Yes, I will go and have a look when they are back in again.... :good:

It appears to be really difficult to sex them.

The dorsal fin on the male is more pointed apparently, but I don't think my Gouramis fins are pointed at all...more rounded. So I was thinking it might be a female.

Anyway...Its not majorly important at the moment

theshadowinc · Feb 6, 2009

Lazerus said:
Hi all,

I'm curious to know what sex my fish is...

Also I believe its a Red Honey Gourami....but on saying that there is so many labels out there on the internet for this particular fish its so confusing!!

Maybe someone can confirm this for me?

Thanks!

Looks like a female to me

Miah002 · Feb 8, 2009

It's not because i have a male and a female honey.

My female always been silver and her dorsal fin is more rounded than the male who has a honey colour.

http

/www.aquariumfish.net/catalog_pages/...urami_honey.htm

This is what a female will look like.

stang1 · Feb 8, 2009

Miah002 said:
It's not because i have a male and a female honey.

My female always been silver and her dorsal fin is more rounded than the male who has a honey colour.

[URL="http/www.aquariumfish.net/catalog_pages/...urami_honey.htm"]http/www.aquariumfish.net/catalog_pages/...urami_honey.htm[/URL]

This is what a female will look like.

True Honey Gourami females are a silver colour but in the Golden Honey Gourami var.the female is usually yellow.

malakye · Feb 8, 2009

Simply going by the fins, its a male.
Females do not only come in silver they can be any colour, I have a blue female and yes shes a definate female, I have bred her and my male.

Male is on the right near the mossball, female on the left. If you look at the shape of their fins you will see the difference. Yours has the pointed top fin making it a male. I also have red robin dwarf gourami's and sexing them is the same.