Gourami Gender

[FishRBeautiful]

Having a hard time getting a good pic of my new gouramis because they keep their fins clamped every time I take pics. Pet store tried to pick out a make and female. Any idea if that’s what I got?

[Ninjoma]

I would guess it's a male because of the orange tail fin. My female is completely yellow.

My female 

My male

[FishRBeautiful]

Oh they did mention one had more orange fins so that makes sense. Also, one follows the other around sometimes which makes me think of a male. 
And my pic is two fish, not a reflection. 
And looks like you have beautiful landscaping.

Edited October 13, 2023 by FishRBeautiful

[Ninjoma]

On 10/12/2023 at 7:50 PM, FishRBeautiful said:

Oh they did mention one had more orange fins so that makes sense. Also, one follows the other around sometimes which makes me think of a male. 
And my pic is two fish, not a reflection. 
And looks like you have beautiful landscaping.

Oh, then yes, I think the foreground is male and the background is female. 

[Biotope Biologist]

 

This picture is very helpful. It’s hard to tell until they are about a few months old but looks like the pet store grabbed you a male and female.

[FishRBeautiful]

On 10/12/2023 at 10:21 PM, Ninjoma said:

Oh, then yes, I think the foreground is male and the background is female. 

Ok, that’s what I was thinking based on your response also.

On 10/13/2023 at 12:17 AM, Biotope Biologist said:

 

This picture is very helpful. It’s hard to tell until they are about a few months old but looks like the pet store grabbed you a male and female.

 Thanks! They swim with their fins clamped so often but they don’t act stressed at all. I just don’t capture great pictures of them.  It will probably be easier to tell when they’re older.

[Lennie]

On 10/13/2023 at 8:17 AM, Biotope Biologist said:

 

This picture is very helpful. It’s hard to tell until they are about a few months old but looks like the pet store grabbed you a male and female.

sadly dorsal fin don't work for some gouramis, like honeys, sparklings, etc.  but rounder belly is valid I think

 

m on left, f on right:

 

Males also have a breeding dress and they start to have a black belly from time to time. mine only had one in 1.5 years but I keep him as single centerpiece fish so maybe thats why:

Edited October 13, 2023 by Lennie

[FishRBeautiful]

Thanks! I’m hoping I didn’t get two males but one is definitely more yellow than the other. We’ll see. 

[Biotope Biologist]

On 10/13/2023 at 9:21 AM, Lennie said:

sadly dorsal fin don't work for some gouramis, like honeys, sparklings, etc.  but rounder belly is valid I think

 

m on left, f on right:

 

Males also have a breeding dress and they start to have a black belly from time to time. mine only had one in 1.5 years but I keep him as single centerpiece fish so maybe thats why:

Yeah don’t just use dorsal fin ID you need both. Thanks for clarifying! And some species of gourami this rule doesn’t work. Gouramis are a family not a genus so general rules aren’t always accurate with these guys

[FishRBeautiful]

Interesting. Good to know. I thought all gouramis were the same rules for gender identification. Still hoping one is a female. It had a mild horizontal black stripe yesterday so maybe that’s a gender thing and not stress. I don’t know.