Citrinellum Sexing?

[gnuisance]

I bought this little fella at a LFS here in New Jersey. He was sold to me as a Rio San Juan Barred Midas. Any ideas on sex? The body and head shape make me think female but I guess it is early for a hump to begin to develop. I will try and get some better shots. This fish is growing like a weed on NLS and Kens Krill Pellets

 

[Chrisplosion]

I would think its a little young to visually sex and even then theres plenty of room for error. I would suggest you vent it.

 

[RD.]

Short of venting it's near impossible to sex citrinellum with 100% accuracy, at any size.

The only time this is sometimes possible by visually viewing a fish, is when they are juveniles, and in a group, in which case the larger & more dominant specimens will typically turn out to be males. An interesting read on this subject;
http://www.cichlidae.com/article.php?id=100

 

[Chrisplosion]

Agreed, I have seen plenty of females that were mistaken as "obvious males".

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[gnuisance]

I would think its a little young to visually sex and even then theres plenty of room for error. I would suggest you vent it.

True, I will try and get a good pic of the vent area.

Short of venting it's near impossible to sex citrinellum with 100% accuracy, at any size.

The only time this is sometimes possible by visually viewing a fish, is when they are juveniles, and in a group, in which case the larger & more dominant specimens will typically turn out to be males. An interesting read on this subject;
http://www.cichlidae.com/article.php?id=100

Cichlid sex is determined by their size in relation to the rest of the group!! That is fascinating and I never knew that. Thanks very much for posting.