a couple more fish to sex

[zuesana]

Ok, here are two more of my fish, the first 2 are of my large synspilum and the last one is my small synspilum. I have not a clue as to which are male or female so any input is appreciated, if you need full body shots of the fish just let me know, I have some that I can post but I figured venting would be the easiest.

 

[Motoxer777]

im not sure how to tell. this will bump it for you. and next time try not to pick up your fish with a towel because it will take off the fishes slime coat. goodluck!

 

[zuesana]

ok, I didn't realize that, I had looked at a couple of other posts somewhere (either on here or another forum) where they were holding the fish in a towel to sex it so thats what I did.....now I know for next time, haha. I did put stuff in the tank when I was done to help replenish their slime coat though so hopefully I didn't do too much damage.

 

[Motoxer777]

youl be ok

 

[zuesana]

ok, phew! Last thing I wanna do is maim my babies cuz I don't know what I'm doing, haha.

 

[zuesana]

anyone have any clue?

 

[Motoxer777]

bump

 

[zuesana]

bump

 

[zuesana]

...anyone?

 

[Aquanero]

They both look like males to me. I guess time will tell weather I'm right or not. Mature males usually have a small pointed protrusion sticking out that looks like, for want of a better discription the tip of a pencil point visable when veiwed from the side. These guys can breed at a relativly small size so you should be able to notice it although it might be more visable in the dominant male. Maybe some of the members more experianced with this species will jump in here with an opinion.