Another Newbie Wanting A Dwarf Gourami Sexed

[lailacat]

I really wanted to get a female dwarf but no one at any LFS (I tried them all) was willing to sex dwarf gouramis as it is "too hard".
So I bought a bland dwarf with the roundest dorsal fin I could find. Now that I've really looked at the pics of female dwarves I think I've gone and got a male.
What do you guys think looking at this photo?

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We are going to upgrade to a 90 litre tank soon (75cm across) so not a big problem I just really wanted a female.

 

[gourami_fan]

That looks like a female dwarf gourami to me. It is lacking a lot of red and orange colour and is mostly silver, so I would say I'm 80% sure that is a female dwarf gourami.

Males would have barely any silver on its body and lots of red and blues.

 

[stang1]

I'd also say it was a female as males tend to have more pointed dorsal fins.

 

[johanv]

I'd also say it was a female as males tend to have more pointed dorsal fins.

Hope this might help - Female on the left shows no red colouring on the scales

Male & Female Dwarf Gourami