Bettas are one of the most beautiful of all the anabantoids (gouramis, or "air-breathers"). Their ability to breathe air directly from the atmosphere enables them to live in the stagnant pools and puddles in which they naturally occur. The bettas... Read more >
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The Striped Gourami is a tan dwarf gourami with alternating blue and red stripes. This gourami is also sometimes called a "Giant" gourami as it is the largest dwarf gourami species, but it is not the true Giant Gourami. Gouramis have an internal... Read more >
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The Powder Blue Dwarf Gourami is light metallic blue with red trim on its fins and broken red stripes throughout its body. This species stays smaller and more peaceful than many other common species and can be kept in community aquariums as small as... Read more >
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Blue Paradise Fish are relatives of gouramis and bettas that are excellent additions to the community aquarium. They have bodies with an overall blue color and red fins. This is the original pet tropical fish; it is one of the first fish to be... Read more >
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The Albino Giant Gourami is an aquacultured variation of the more common native coloration. It is pale beige in color with red eyes and may have 8 to 10 vertical stripes as a juvenile. These markings fade as the fish matures. Males have a longer and... Read more >
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Pearl Gouramis are light silver to golden in coloration with blue and orange in their fins. They have a black line that runs from the front of their face through the eye all the way to the caudal fin. Beautiful white dots are spread through the... Read more >
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The Snakeskin Gourami is tan to blue with a darker snakeskin-like pattern. It is considered to be the most peaceful gourami. Gouramis have an internal organ called the labyrinth organ that allows them to breathe atmospheric air. This is an... Read more >
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Blue gourami
(Trichogaster trichopterus)
This is the gold form of the Opaline gourami which is, in itself, a color variety of the Three Spot or Blue Gourami. It has a golden yellow coloration with very faint mottled markings. Gouramis have an internal organ called the labyrinth organ... Read more >
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