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Callatya Moderator The girl's got crabs! Posts: 9662 Kudos: 5261 Registered: 16-Sep-2001	I found this little chickadee getting the stuffing beat out of it in the black widow tank. I suspect it has come through with a batch of sparkling gouramies. I don't immediately recognise it, and neither did the LFS guy or the wholesalers. It doesn't look like a betta head shape to me (though it could well just be one I haven't seen before), so I'm thinking maybe it is a gourami. I've looked up the few that have been on the fish lists lately but none match. Does anyone have any ideas? For animals, the entire universe has been neatly divided into things to (a) mate with, (b) eat, (c) run away from, and (d) rocks. - Terry Pratchett
Posted 15-Feb-2008 05:10
Callatya Moderator The girl's got crabs! Posts: 9662 Kudos: 5261 Registered: 16-Sep-2001	http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v314/Callatya/Random%20Fish/IMG_0233x.jpg Dreadful photo, poor thing was not impressed with being shooed out and photographed. For animals, the entire universe has been neatly divided into things to (a) mate with, (b) eat, (c) run away from, and (d) rocks. - Terry Pratchett
Posted 15-Feb-2008 05:12
sora Enthusiast Posts: 184 Kudos: 96 Votes: 134 Registered: 28-Feb-2007	Edited by sora Im not sure which kind it is. but it definitly looks like a gourami. I have a book or to that list like 900 aquarium fish species. i'll check there maybe ill see something The true test of character is not how much we know how to do, but how we behave when we dont know what to do.
Posted 15-Feb-2008 05:14
Callatya Moderator The girl's got crabs! Posts: 9662 Kudos: 5261 Registered: 16-Sep-2001	Ta sora, I'd appreciate it. I'll try and get a clearer picture for you For animals, the entire universe has been neatly divided into things to (a) mate with, (b) eat, (c) run away from, and (d) rocks. - Terry Pratchett
Posted 15-Feb-2008 05:16
Joe Potato Fish Addict Kind of a Big Deal Posts: 869 Votes: 309 Registered: 09-Jan-2001	Looks like a Croaking Gourami (Trichopsis vittata), but I'm sure you probably considered that seeing as how you thought it came through with Sparklings. Go and get a better pic. Go on now. Shoo.
Posted 15-Feb-2008 05:39
Callatya Moderator The girl's got crabs! Posts: 9662 Kudos: 5261 Registered: 16-Sep-2001	Edited by Callatya I did consider it, but I wasn't certain on the markings/colour. Hard to tell the tail type because of the damage and there seems to be a great bite scar on one side above the pectoral fin. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v314/Callatya/Random%20Fish/IMG_0283x.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v314/Callatya/Random%20Fish/IMG_0280.jpg So a croaking? How do you sex them? For animals, the entire universe has been neatly divided into things to (a) mate with, (b) eat, (c) run away from, and (d) rocks. - Terry Pratchett
Posted 15-Feb-2008 07:32
Joe Potato Fish Addict Kind of a Big Deal Posts: 869 Votes: 309 Registered: 09-Jan-2001	I think it almost has to be a Trichopsis gourami. I'm still going with T. vittata as the most likely candidate. Dimorphism is a bit tricky. Like most gouramis, males will have more pointed fins. I've heard about males having a red edge to their anal fin, but can't confirm that.
Posted 15-Feb-2008 07:38
Gone_Troppo Enthusiast Posts: 285 Kudos: 196 Registered: 13-Mar-2007	Looks very much like our T. Vittata Pic 1 Pic 2 I'm not sure whether those two pics are of the same fish or not... that will teach me to label my fish pics better lol. Other than the fact that we saw ours spawning (spawning thread), I think it was determined that the only way to reliably sex them is to view them with a strong light source from behind so you can see through the body cavity. G_T Never be afraid to try something new. Remember that a lone amateur built the Ark. A large group of professionals built the Titanic.
Posted 15-Feb-2008 10:01
Callatya Moderator The girl's got crabs! Posts: 9662 Kudos: 5261 Registered: 16-Sep-2001	Righio, that I can do The shape and chin stripings match so I think that is the ID unless we are proven wrong in time. I wonder if it'll colour up... For animals, the entire universe has been neatly divided into things to (a) mate with, (b) eat, (c) run away from, and (d) rocks. - Terry Pratchett
Posted 15-Feb-2008 10:08
sora Enthusiast Posts: 184 Kudos: 96 Votes: 134 Registered: 28-Feb-2007	seems i came back to late to be of any help id'ing well glad you got it figured out callatya! The true test of character is not how much we know how to do, but how we behave when we dont know what to do.
Posted 16-Feb-2008 06:20


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