LET'S PLAY......SEX MY DOVII

[Frank Castle]

again, leaning towards male, it's 4" The blue is 24/7 and the speckling is above AND below the lateral line and on the dorsal BUT the dorsal and anal fins are round w/ no tapered trailers


hooliganATV

 

[vinod_uthaiah]

you say it is at 4 inches... i have a feeling it is a female

 

[vinod_uthaiah]

you say it is at 4 inches... i have a feeling it is a female , based on the yellowish hue on its body and it being torpedo shaped.
Around 4 inches , the male starts to bulk around and starts growing broader

 

[vinod_uthaiah]

My Dovii female for your reference

 

[dan518]

I am going to say male, due to the speckling above the lateral line

 

[hooliganATV]

again, leaning towards male, it's 4" The blue is 24/7 and the speckling is above AND below the lateral line and on the dorsal BUT the dorsal and anal fins are round w/ no tapered trailers
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hooliganATV

This is a hard one hahaha. I think it's just a little young to tell.

Normally the lateral line, speckling and the amount of pattern on the fins is a good indicators. Your has quite a lot of pattern in the fins which normally suggest male but then lacks a lot of speckling above the line which could mean female. I think give it an inch if you notice that when it's chilled the lateral line disappear that would lean it towards male.

Which ever way it's a stunning dovii so in the interest of all more pics required

 

[hooliganATV]

The more I look the more I'm convinced it's male to much marking in the fins the lateral line isn't defined enough

Hard to get a pic of mine as they are on eggs again but have a look at the clean pattern of the female and the spread on the males fins

 

[Frank Castle]

you say it is at 4 inches... i have a feeling it is a female , based on the yellowish hue on its body and it being torpedo shaped.
Around 4 inches , the male starts to bulk around and starts growing broader

I am going to say male, due to the speckling above the lateral line

This is a hard one hahaha. I think it's just a little young to tell.

Normally the lateral line, speckling and the amount of pattern on the fins is a good indicators. Your has quite a lot of pattern in the fins which normally suggest male but then lacks a lot of speckling above the line which could mean female. I think give it an inch if you notice that when it's chilled the lateral line disappear that would lean it towards male.

Which ever way it's a stunning dovii so in the interest of all more pics required

The more I look the more I'm convinced it's male to much marking in the fins the lateral line isn't defined enough

Hard to get a pic of mine as they are on eggs again but have a look at the clean pattern of the female and the spread on the males fins

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O, well comments like this make me glad I posted a pix and asked, cuz I couldn't figure it out either.......6 of my 7 Parachromis display traits from BOTH sexes, and I'm new to RTMs and Dovii, but TBH, I can't even tell if my damn JAGs are M or F and I BRED Jags for years LOL

This is harder than trying to beat Schpoople champion Fjorg Vanderplyorg in a game of "Schpoople"

 

[justarn]

Dots on unpaired fins so male, I would bet on it.

 

[RampageRR]

I say male as well due to the spotting on the fins. Females can have some similar traits as males, but the spotting almost never goes into the unpaired fins.