GIANT gouramis

[Tequila]

Here is a better pic of the bony teeth plate from the back of the throat, that I tore out in order to remove my finger.

 

[Yanbbrox]

Here is a better pic of the bony teeth plate from the back of the throat, that I tore out in order to remove my finger.

So would you class that as something like teeth or a hardened tissue? More like hard nasal hair or villi in the lungs for example(human metaphor)?

 

[Kcameron]

I'd like to see some pics of anyone's gourami if they have one.

 

[Yanbbrox]

I'd like to see some pics of anyone's gourami if they have one.

Welcome Kcameron, for pictures just go from page one and carry on, a few of us on here got GG's at a similar time and we have been discussing them ever since, as you can probably tell from recent posts one has died and brother Tequila is dissecting his for us after of course the cooking and eating of one, this may seem a strange practice at first, I'd start from page one.


Welcome to MFK, don't worry this is not a strange fish eating cult, it's all to further the knowledage of the species

 

[Tequila]

You've heard of a push-me-pull-u, well here is the bite-me-I-bite-you look.

Somewhat of a split personality look.

Inside split, throat closed:

Other view with the throat wide open:

 

[Tequila]

The view of the area where the upper throat teeth are located, they start at the tip of my thumb the rest I ripped out earlier.

The place where the toothy plate start in the lower throat, are just below my thumb and are pointing back into the throat.

I know not the best shot but Yanbbrox refused to send me his Canon for the close up work.

 

[Yanbbrox]

Picture one looks so freaky. Give me a bit to work out what should go where, the other two just look like you could be filleting a salmon

Thanks for the pics, nice disclaimer, probably for the best

 

[dragonfish]

Just to side track the dissection for a moment, here are some new pics.

 

[Tequila]

Check out the meat/muscle in the lower lip/jaw:

Remeber this is all the same head, I just split it in half because I had a headache, lol.


More bony sharp teethy things.

Please note: That the only item missing from the pix is the Heart. That maybe a story for another day or when I make a meal of another RTGG.

 

[Tequila]

Last set for the chop-fest: