I got these 2 jags and I think the bigger one is a male but idk about the smaller one... Any idea? Sorry about the tank about to do a WC
Can someone tell me the sex
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Females lower gill plates don't usually have spots, males do.
Other things like profile, and color markings on the body help determine sex in managuense, as in most Parachromis.
Examples are these motaguense.
female
male
Other things like profile, and color markings on the body help determine sex in managuense, as in most Parachromis.
Examples are these motaguense.
female
male
The spotting on the males really stands out, females dont usually get much of a "leopard print" look as they mature. That's a biggie. As stated above females don't usually have any spots on the gill plate either. Females are more yellowish and barred and have a different head shape. Male dorsal and anal fins are usually pointed, females round. Sometimes I also find males belly areas look more concave, and females are a little fatter.
Because I kept managuense back in the 80s, before I had a camera check out Mo Devlin's exquisite photo of a pair on the cover of the Buntbarsche Bulletin of the American Cichlid Assn. It shows the gill plate sex difference of managuense very clearly
top female, bottom male.....explains everything....she wants the tank, he wants to mate....in Nature males do whatever females want to in order to mate. She's setting territory for nesting ground, he's gonna make it happen when the time is right. Keep an eye on them, maybe within a few weeks you'll be moving the other fish to another tank lol They will let you know when it's time to do this.