Kissing fish

This type de peces also known as the Kissing gourami, they belong to the family de peces helostomidae. Although they can currently be found in any type of aquarium around the world, they are native to India, Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia, inhabiting rivers with a large amount of vegetation.

These fish are characterized by having an oval-shaped body compressed laterally, and having very strong and flexible lips that are generally used for fighting and feeding.

Between the kissing fish We can find a wild variety that has a yellow color mixed with green and the variety de peces aquarium that are much more pink and silver, however the latter, silver in color, is much more rare and uncommon.

It is important to note that this type de peces It is quite territorial, and can fight with other fish of the same species to defend its territory. This is where their name comes from, since when they fight and defend their territory they do so by opening their mouth and biting the lips of the other kissing fish, making it seem as if they were kissing. But, the reality is that they bite each other's lips to leave the other with an injured mouth, since this would make it difficult for them to feed and they would end up dying.

If you want to have this kind of fish in your aquariumIt is recommended that you put them with Helostoma temminckii fish since they are quite peaceful fish, however if these are smaller, be careful since kissing fish could feed on these, although they are omnivores and generally feed on insects.

It is very important that you remember that the aquarium for this type de peces It must be more than 100 liters of water, decorated with strong plants and rocks. It must be an aquarium with a lot of free space for our kissing fish to swim and so that it can coexist with fish of the same size.