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the blue dwarf gouramis are all just variations of the same species, as the goldens and such. The nice pretty brightly colored gouramis you find at petsmart however are also all male. Females are very difficult to find, as the colring is much more drab and grey-ish. Due to this non-vibrant coloration they do not sell well and are not carried by most fish stores.

Have never been to a petsmart (or a petco, for that matter)that didn't have kissing gouramis, too.

The platinum gouramis lok somewhat like the golds.

Wow, that makes 2 gouramis I didn't know about. I must be getting rusty!

But that picture on the site is beautiful! Despite what they say though, it is probably not a pearl and most definitely not a snakeskin. I guess there is a small chance it could be a pearl/blue mix, although I think that a blue/gold mix makes more sense.

I've never seen lavender. I did find a thread with a nice picture.
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A few sites say they are a cross between gold and blue and others say a pearl x blue cross.
They didn't have opalines when I was ready to add my gourami so I got a blue male. Now that he's moving to the 90g I was going to get him an opaline girlfriend.

I was in an LFS recently that had "Lavender" gouramis. I believe (as I don't recall exactly), that they had the same scientific name as the regular blue making them another color variation.

Anyone else ever come across these? They were kind of bland looking.. not a lot of color. Would be interesting to see how they look as they mature.

For the record, of the ones you can get at Petsmart.. the Opaline is my favorite. My male is the king of my 75G even though he's not my centerpiece fish.

I like them better than the golds. Their color is a little more subtle and silvery. My favorite though are opalines.

Here's a nice picture http://www.thegoldfishbowl.co.uk/atlas/a-belo-216.jpg

Last edited by sham at 26-Jul-2005 19:19

You have me there! I have to admit, I have never seen this platinum gourami before. Even looking at the picture, it looks like a pale golden gourami. But, regardless, you got me.

I mentioned moonlight and platinum seperately I believe.
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gold gourami: [link=http://www.fish2u.com/gogr.html]http://www.fish2u.com/gogr.html" style="COLOR: #C00000[/link]

There is a variation of the blue gourami called platinum and often sold in the stores here.

platinum gourami AKA moonlight gourami

blue gourami

What are the most popular Gouramis??? That petsmart always has?

and for the record, the platinum gourami is another species entirely, not a blue variation.

Then why does it not only look the same but when I search it up all the sites have the same scientific name as the blue gourami in the profile on here?

Actually blue, two spot and three spot are all synonyms for the same fish. Here's the profile for the [link=blue gourami]http://www.fishprofiles.com/files/profiles/bluegourami.xml" style="COLOR: #00A0AE[/link]. The name "three spot" comes from the two spots and the eye making up the third "spot."

Take a look at the [link=profile search]http://www.fishprofiles.com/profiles/fishfinder.asp?key=gourami&salinity=&family=&geographic=&ecosystem=&temperament=&diet=&size=&waterregion=&lifestyle=" style="COLOR: #00A0AE[/link] I did for gouramis... you'll probably find the fish you're looking for, laynlex.

~Meow. Thus spoke the cat.~

"blue gourami comes in 2 different forms, the reg, three spot, crosby, and the golden."
How's that math thing working out for you?
But isn't the crosby the same as the golden? An there is also a 2 spot variation. Is that what you mean by reg.?

...and for the record, the platinum gourami is another species entirely, not a blue variation.

Usually as mentioned various color varieties of the 3 spot/blue gourami which gets about 5" and the dwarf gourami ~3". I've seen 3 spot gouramis in opaline, pearl, blue, gold, platinum... The dwarf in sunset, coral blue, powder blue, flame... Other slightly less common gouramis at nearby stores would be snakeskin, moonlight, and kissing gouramis.

the most popular among the pet stores in my area is the dwarf gourami..anywhere i go..they have this variety...be it blue, sunset or whatever...they have it.

My local petsmart carries most of gouramis. They have golden,blue,dwarf,rainbow,honey,and one I like is the opaline.

blue gourami comes in 2 different forms, the reg, three spot, crosby, and the golden.

dwarf gouramies are common also. they have other color forms as well. orange body, with blue stripe, blue body, red stripes.

uncommon-moonbeam-sliver-blue tint body,
lerri gourami-pearl gourami(same)

Dwarf, Pearl & Blue Gourami's are all very common.



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dwarf gouramis and gold gouramis and many times more. im impressed with my local petsmarts gouramis variety