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At last i have pictures to post (fell free to use wherever!)! I would be grateful if anyone can identify which species i have hey were sold to me as simply ‘licorice gouramis’and I have assumed they were either sp. Sentang or p.Opalios. I had also feared they were all female as they have taken some time to show any colour in their fins (and still not much), so any reassurance that i do indeed have at least one male would be appreciated.Thanks, John 🙂
It is really impossible to say more than that it is a fish from the bintan-group. That means, it can be everyting from bintan, rubrimontis, alfredi, tweediei, opallios, and all the forms from Sumatra (as for example specc. Sungaibertam, Dabo, Pematunglumut, and many others). Probably, the ones with much red in the fins (tweediei, alfredi, phoenicurus) could be ruled out. Certainly nagyi and allani can be ruled out.
The species of the bintan group are largely defined on the display colours of the male; that’s problematic, but it is the state of the art in Parosphromenus-taxonomics. That means that you have to wait until your males show full courtship colours and then take good sharp photos. Give good changing food, prefer a subdued lighting and be sure that the water meets the conditions. In some weeks time we can have another try.
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