Can female Red Devils be as aggressive as males?

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Gambusia
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Alright so i traded some fish in at this specialty fish store up in New Hampshire and in return i brought home a beautiful red devil. I moved all the fish out of my 90 and out her in that tank. The guy who own the fish shop swore he thought it was a female. Its 6.5 inches long and didnt seem like a complete terror when i first out her in. Today however i came down to find she dug pits of gravel all over the place and flipped out when i out my face near the tank (flaring, glass biting, ect.) she was flippin out so bad she hit a rock and knocked a few scales off. I thought only makes acted this aggressive? Why do you guys think/experienced with females? Here are some pics! Who knows maybe its a male


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Crazy mike

Fire Eel
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Both sexes can be aggressive to point of glass banging as you describe

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Castlk

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Sometimes they can be more aggressive than Males it depends on the individual fish.
 
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