New blue carpentis help sexing?

[anzo1993]

Hello I just bought a 3-3.5 inch blue carpentis from the same batch as my last one and I’m having trouble sexing the body shape is telling me male but the black spot on the dorsal fin is telling me female so I’m not sure can anyone help?

 

[Deadeye]

duanes
Rocksor
I was going to say the same thing - head looks male but the black blotch looks female. I’d be more inclined to go with body shape as the main indicator but I’ll let others give a more definitive answer.
Have you tried venting it?

 

[Niki_up]

I’d be inclined to say female bc a female can always look more male but a male will never have the black female blotch (though I could be wrong)

 

[anzo1993]

duanes
Rocksor
I was going to say the same thing - head looks male but the black blotch looks female. I’d be more inclined to go with body shape as the main indicator but I’ll let others give a more definitive answer.
Have you tried venting it?

Not yet but it’s really throwing me off with the shape of the body, I’ve seen males with abit of black on the dorsal but really not sure

 

[duanes]

Since its the new kid on the block, it may be a male adapting female clothes to be inconspicuous.
Males do this to avoid being attacked by resident males., just as dominant females will adopt male form in certain situations.
I believe you will need to wait and see how things play out.
As an example.
A female haitiensus housed with a dominant male.

But when I took the male out, she changed drastically to a dominant role, with colors and even body shape.

Cichlids are consummate chameleons, and can change appearance (if necessary) at the drop of a hat.

 

[anzo1993]

Since its the new kid on the block, it may be a male adapting female clothes to be inconspicuous.
Males do this to avoid being attacked by resident males., just as dominant females will adopt male form in certain situations.
I believe you will need to wait and see how things play out.
As an example.
A female haitiensus housed with a dominant male.
View attachment 1504326
But when I took the male out, she changed drastically to a dominant role, with colors and even body shape.
View attachment 1504327
Cichlids are consummate chameleons, and can change appearance (if necessary) at the drop of a hat.

Thank you for the reply, I’m sure by about 5 inches I’ll be able to tell with more certainty, also I forget to mention before the carpentis in the post is the biggest fish in the tank at the moment with everyone else being about a half inch smaller

 

[newworld]

Is this a carpintis?

 

[anzo1993]

Is this a carpintis?

Yeah a blue carpintis

 

[Man-made Monsters]

This male at 4.5 inches sometimes displayed a black patch on his dorsal fin. He’s now around 7.0 inches and doesn’t display it much. Sometimes when he gets angry a dark area appears but not often. Let your Carpintis grow some more, but my bet is yours is a male.

 

[anzo1993]

View attachment 1504352This male at 4.5 inches sometimes displayed a black patch on his dorsal fin. He’s now around 7.0 inches and doesn’t display it much. Sometimes when he gets angry a dark area appears but not often. Let your Carpintis grow some more, but my bet is yours is a male.

Thanks for the response I’ll keep everyone posted ina few inches