SEXING GREEN TERROR CICHLIDS

dwsdarius · Jan 29, 2015

Hello, this is my first post on MFK, and I need help sexing my Green Terror. Now it's 4 inches and it looks to be a female, however several signs make me believe it cold b a male. Firstly, before I bought this fish at the LFS it was banging against the glass trying to attack me, that attitude made me believe it was a male! Also the fins are somewhat long, which is another sign of being a male. Other then that it looks like a female...what do you think

Manu8__too · Jan 29, 2015

100% female. Aside from the body shape/coloration, you can clearly see her "vent" in most of the pics. Notice the vent looks like the end of a small Q tip.

ragin_cajun · Jan 29, 2015

I'm no real expert on sexing cichlids, but I don't see clear shots of the vent in any of these pics. I can't say 100% this GT is female or male from these pics, especially not at 4 inches. How old is the fish?

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ragin_cajun · Jan 29, 2015

Looking at the pics again, I think from slope of the head and fins, this fish could well be developing male characteristics. But, it's hard to say.

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jeaninel · Jan 29, 2015

Looks female to me. I can see the egg tube in a couple of the pics.

notho2000 · Jan 29, 2015

Female 100% no doubt. Blue beard, vertical white bars on each side of ocellus. Here's a closeup of a female's head followed by a male's.

Female

Male

ragin_cajun · Jan 29, 2015

The egg tube is visible all the time on a female, or temporarily when they're about to spawn?

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Yuki Rihwa · Jan 29, 2015

4 inches and the eggs tube already show up pretty clear so i would say it's a female.

Yuki Rihwa · Jan 29, 2015

ragin_cajun said:
The egg tube is visible all the time on a female, or temporarily when they're about to spawn?

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It will get bigger when its about to release its eggs.

Manu8__too · Jan 29, 2015

notho2000 said:
Female 100% no doubt. Blue beard, vertical white bars on each side of ocellus. Here's a closeup of a female's head followed by a male's.
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Female

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Male

Thanks for the visuals, Jim. These two are good examples of what adult coloration should look like on healthy Gold Saums.


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