Chocolate gourami Chocolate gourami The chocolate gourami ("Sphaerichthys osphromenoides") is a species of gourami native to the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, and Borneo. Chocolate gouramis reach a length of . These fish have a chocolate colour with golden bands running down their bodies. "Sphaerichthys selatanensis" has sometimes been treated as a subspecies of "S. osphromenoides". They are restricted to peat habitats. Unlike many other labyrinth fish, which breed by incubating their eggs in a bubble nest, this species is a mouthbrooder. Even more unusually, this species is a maternal mouthbrooder, with the female incubating the eggs in her mouth; all other anabantoid mouthbrooders
Dwarf gourami brine shrimp and finely ground flakes. Freeze-dried tablets may also be fed to older fry. Breeders have created different colour variations, principally varying proportions of red and blue colouring. The "powder blue" variant is almost entirely bright blue. The reddest variety ("flame red") can be confused with the red variety of honey gouramis ("Trichogaster chuna"). One of the most common color morphs is the "turquoise / neon blue", featuring stripes of dark red and bright blue. Dwarf gourami The dwarf gourami ("Trichogaster lalius") is a species of gourami native to South Asia. The dwarf gourami is native to Pakistan, India