Jaguar Male or Female - ID please...

[rmkblades]

Hi guys,
I'm a little rusty ... do these look like guys or gals? Thanks
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[Carter020108]

Both males

 

[rmkblades]

Thank you

 

[newworld]

W the lighter gravel I’m saying 2 females?

 

[Carter020108]

Spotting under eyes indicates male where as no spotting means female

 

[rmkblades]

Ok, so males for sure?

 

[Carter020108]

Yes

 

[Rocksor]

Ok, so males for sure?

Looks both female to me, spotting under the eyes are rather too light for a male, as well as the pattern in the lower half of the body. Those females have dark and light patterns in the lower half. Males have darker spots under the eyes and darker patterns in the lower half of the body. Then there is the body shape, the body height on both look too high to be a male, more like an American football, than a torpedo (male).

The males are pretty obvious in the pictures from this thread.

Jaguar Cichlid Sex

Hey. Can someone help me identify the sex of my Jaguar Cichlid. It's 3 years old and about 12" long. Someone suggested it's a female, but I'd like confirmation. Any help would be great. Thanks.

www.monsterfishkeepers.com

 

[duanes]

Looks both female to me, spotting under the eyes are rather too light for a male, as well as the pattern in the lower half of the body. Those females have dark and light patterns in the lower half. Males have darker spots under the eyes and darker patterns in the lower half of the body. Then there is the body shape, the body height on both look too high to be a male, more like an American football, than a torpedo (male).

The males are pretty obvious in the pictures from this thread.

Jaguar Cichlid Sex

Hey. Can someone help me identify the sex of my Jaguar Cichlid. It's 3 years old and about 12" long. Someone suggested it's a female, but I'd like confirmation. Any help would be great. Thanks.

www.monsterfishkeepers.com

Agree
To me the ones in the OP seem female(at least the one first on the left) , not only with the very light spotting (normal on females)
But also body shape, and cranial profiles are more torpedo shaped (the one 1st right may yet mature and change).
Males have a steeper robust profile in most cases at that size
The one caveat I have, that is perplexing, is, because the substrate and even other decor is "so artificially light in color",(almost white), it will make most cichlids wash out and not show true colors.

 

[rmkblades]

Thank you for the insights! I will post a video of their underbellies...maybe it will help. But yes, I was kinda thinking female too.