Male left, female right. They are guarding eggs in that picture.and HercrenVie, which sex is which bartoni in your pic.
Male left, female right. They are guarding eggs in that picture.and HercrenVie, which sex is which bartoni in your pic.
Male.Duanes here is a side profile of the previously posted Cuban. Very male in my book
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I agree with this 100%. While apistos are well known for their 'sneaker males' (males masquerading as females), I have noted other cichlids (both SA and CA) sometimes doing this to defuse aggression ... most notably in my own experience, convict males that keep the orange spotting on the abdomen until removed from a tank with a dominant male (at the 4" range).I think it's important to note in most of the fish posted here I've seen sub dominant males look female, I've seen proven males with black blotches on the dorsal... Don't assume it's 100% just based on visual characteristics.