Question about sexing Festae....

Ok, so up until know I thought I had more or less figured out how to identify the sex of sub adult Festae. From what I understood, the males will have more spangling, will tend to be less vibrant in color, sometimes green with no stripes (although some males can be very red and very striped) and according to this article which I have posted...will never have black on their dorsal fins. The black on the dorsal fin is almost a dead giveaway for identifying a female from what I understood. The articles quotes Jeff Rapps as saying "the female can also obtain the blue spangling, but never will a male get a Black dorsal".

http://bigguapote2.tripod.com/articlefestaesex.html

However, I found this photo of a male and female Festae pair with their fry...But the male clearly has a black dorsal...????

The reason I'm asking is because I have a Festae which I believed to be female, but she/he has blue spangling along with the black dorsal. Now I'm not sure if she is a he...anyways....hope some of you Festae keepers can chime in. Thanks

Hmm, I see. Here are my two Red Terrors. I know the one in the first two pics is a male, and thought that the one in the bottom two pics was a female, but now I'm not sure. They are not a pair, nor have they showed any mating behaviors. These are just their normal colors. Can someone help me figure out if the bottom pics are a female? Thanks

MALE


Is this a FEMALE?

Any thoughts?

Ok, thanks

I'm going to vent them today...will post pics