Marble Kissing Gourami

Its colored in a light bluish tone that s topped with a darker marble like patterning and thus it is also known as the marbled gourami.

Marble kissing gourami.

Kissing gourami helostoma temminckii isn t a very bright colored fish but it has a very interesting behavior. When they do this it means that one is trying to establish dominance over the other. As the kissing gourami grows to a large size a large tank of at least 70 80gal. They are practically the only fish capable of freeing an aquarium of hydra.

They are not kissing but they are in fact acting aggressive and having a showdown. The pattern is dynamic and variable making this pretty fish an appealing addition to a community aquarium. Among the representatives of this subspecies there are fish of yellow pink as well as a greenish hue. The kissing gourami has been a popular fish for many years mainly due to its kissing motion produced by the mouth.

Helostoma temminckii marble metallic paradise gourami lrg. Like all the osphromenids the blue gouramis have a labyrinth organ which serves to breathe air allowing them to live in muddy and little oxygenated waters. Trichogaster microlepis moonlight gourami med. Kissing gourami helostoma temminkii these fish get their name because of their kissing behavior but it s still not known why they display this behavior.

Macropodus opercularis moonlight gourami lrg. The cultivated varieties lack such points and they are the marble gurami light blue with a darker variegation and the golden one. They can grow up to 12 inches in size so they need a large aquarium minimum 75 gallons. The kissing gourami gets its name from the way it will kiss other gouramis and other fish in your tank.

Helostoma temminckii marble marble kissing gourami reg. So why was this kind named as kissing gourami. Today virtually all specimens sold in the united states are commercially bred in florida. Kissing balloon mutations have also been produced as well helostoma.

It is commonly cultivated in the southern indochina region as a food fish. The kissing gourami can get quite large often 10 12 inches in length. They stand in front of each other and swim slowly for some period of time and then for a short time their mouths meet. Kissing gourami is especially liked by aquarists.

This name was given to the fish because they make natural mouth movements during courtship games during aggression as well as during feeding. The kissing motion is also a method of grazing on algae from objects. For observers it looks like kissing. The kissing motion when carried out between two fish is actually a fighting motion where the weaker fish should give in.

The kissing gourami is capable of growing up to 30cm 12 in length. The popular kissing gourami commonly called a kisser originates from the indonesian island of java and is also found in borneo cambodia malaysia thailand and vietnam. The fish comes in two colorations.