For observers it looks like kissing.
Marble kissing gourami.
The pattern is dynamic and variable making this pretty fish an appealing addition to a community aquarium.
The popular kissing gourami commonly called a kisser originates from the indonesian island of java and is also found in borneo cambodia malaysia thailand and vietnam.
The kissing gourami can get quite large often 10 12 inches in length.
Kissing gourami helostoma temminckii isn t a very bright colored fish but it has a very interesting behavior.
They are not kissing but they are in fact acting aggressive and having a showdown.
So why was this kind named as kissing gourami.
When they do this it means that one is trying to establish dominance over the other.
As the kissing gourami grows to a large size a large tank of at least 70 80gal.
Among the representatives of this subspecies there are fish of yellow pink as well as a greenish hue.
Its colored in a light bluish tone that s topped with a darker marble like patterning and thus it is also known as the marbled gourami.
Like all the osphromenids the blue gouramis have a labyrinth organ which serves to breathe air allowing them to live in muddy and little oxygenated waters.
They stand in front of each other and swim slowly for some period of time and then for a short time their mouths meet.
The wild brown greenish coloration and the ornamental pinkish pearl coloration.
The kissing gourami is capable of growing up to 30cm 12 in length.
Kissing gourami is especially liked by aquarists.
The fish comes in two colorations.
They are practically the only fish capable of freeing an aquarium of hydra.
Helostoma temminckii marble marble kissing gourami reg.
It is commonly cultivated in the southern indochina region as a food fish.
Today virtually all specimens sold in the united states are commercially bred in florida.
They can grow up to 12 inches in size so they need a large aquarium minimum 75 gallons.
Kissing balloon mutations have also been produced as well helostoma.
The kissing gourami gets its name from the way it will kiss other gouramis and other fish in your tank.
The kissing gourami has been a popular fish for many years mainly due to its kissing motion produced by the mouth.
Macropodus opercularis moonlight gourami lrg.
Kissing gourami helostoma temminkii these fish get their name because of their kissing behavior but it s still not known why they display this behavior.
This name was given to the fish because they make natural mouth movements during courtship games during aggression as well as during feeding.
Helostoma temminckii marble metallic paradise gourami lrg.
The kissing motion when carried out between two fish is actually a fighting motion where the weaker fish should give in.
This gourami is one of many varieties of the three spot gourami.
Their fins are usually light green.
