I saved this venustus from petsmart it had no tail so i talked the lady in to giving it to me half off for like 4$. Don't know if its a male or female i think its a female it started off in my guppy tank so i could lower its aggresion and it swam around like it was one of them(now its in a 40). the stupid lady at petsmart was like i bet it will grow back(i know better) then challenged me by saying the fish i got was a different fish. I'll post a pic. of the fish as soon as i take a good one.