Thank you so much for the post letting us know how to differentiate between thick lipped and honey gourami! Sorry for the very late post but I recently got a "honey" gourami and I'm not sure if it really is honey gourami. Based on what you wrote I believe it is the true honey gourami but I'm not sure. It also doesn't help that it is a juvenile and it's only 3 cm in length for now.