Honey gourami Honey gourami The honey gourami ("Trichogaster chuna") is a species of gourami native to India and Bangladesh. The honey gourami is typically found in rivers and lakes in its native range of India and Bangladesh. It inhabits areas of thick vegetation in soft and poorly mineralised waters. This fish prefers the top and middle levels of the water. They have orange-colored bodies. This species can reach a length of TL. Male specimens of this fish, typical of many gouramis, are generally more colourful than their female counterparts. They exhibit bright orange colouring around the throat region, which at breeding time
Kissing gourami superior (upward-facing) as in other gourami families, the kissing gourami's mouth is highly protrusible as its family name suggests, the lips are lined with horny teeth. However, teeth are absent from the premaxilla, dentaries, palatine, and pharynx. The gill rakers are also well-developed and numerous. The visible scales of the body are ctenoid, whereas the scales of the top of the head are cycloid. Kissing gourami reach a maximum of in total length. There is no outward sexual dimorphism and is difficult to almost impossible to distinguish the sexes. Two colour morphs are encountered: greens, which have lengthwise lateral stripes