Do grey gouramys have teeth??

[islander671]

yeah, that looks a lot like a osphornemus exodon to me

REALLY!??! In that case i may have had one in japan and didnt even know it..lol i thought it was O. Septemfaciatus, because of the visible bands in the body. Sometimes its nice to be wrong..lol.

BTW very nice fish Hotfishgirls.

 

[islander671]

so can he go with other giants gouramys?

He should be able to go w/ others, but you should monitor closely.

 

[StripeGirl]

He usually looks lighter in color but he hates his picture taken.His teeth are really funny,they stick right out like a shark.

 

[islander671]

Hotfishgirls,
I hope you dont mind if i add a few pics to your thread, just so maybe you can get some more confirmation as it looks very similar to what i thought was an O. Semtemfaciatus a slightly short bodied one at that.

Fugupuff,
What are your thoughts, are these the same species?

 

[fugupuff]

wow, short body fish, now that is a curve ball....

to my understanding. O. septemfaciatum has not been exported before, the picture that I've seen of one from the icthyological journal, the fish appeared green with grey stripes as an adult.

As for O. exodon, I can only speak from my experience, and what the exporters tell me. I've kept one until aprox. 14". The ones recently exported, were exported as exodons, and they appear like one, unless they're infact septemfaciatum all along, and mistaken for exodon, or maybe the 2 species are synonymous?

 

[Yanbbrox]

so can he go with other giants gouramys?

I would say no, ours is not very friendly to tank mates apart from standard gouramis which seem fine, check out the following regarding gg aggression:

http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=119153

 

[Yanbbrox]

wow, short body fish, now that is a curve ball....

to my understanding. O. septemfaciatum has not been exported before, the picture that I've seen of one from the icthyological journal, the fish appeared green with grey stripes as an adult.

As for O. exodon, I can only speak from my experience, and what the exporters tell me. I've kept one until aprox. 14". The ones recently exported, were exported as exodons, and they appear like one, unless they're infact septemfaciatum all along, and mistaken for exodon, or maybe the 2 species are synonymous?

Only picture I've ever seen of an alleged mythical septemfaciatum if it isn't some one got a lot of dye very cheap #05:

http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=123652

 

[Dovii dude]

Hotfishgirl,i have the exact same Gourami as you only mine is about a foot long and close to 3 inches wide,but i havent noticed teeth yet(i just got him this afternoon)hope i have the same type as you!!!

 

[StripeGirl]

I think we have different kinds because mine is not big at all but his teeth are.Go Yankees!( I am a trouble maker).