bay snook sexing

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candle1212

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i have two bay snooks sold as silver/greens i got them at about 2 inch or so 1 is now 6inch odd and the other 5 and a bit long .they are just starting to show colour, yellow on face and gill areas with a bit of red on fins hard to see in cam shots. The bigger ones shows more deeper marking and seam longer and thinner the other seams shorter and fatter ,my mate said thats like him and his missis lol..,do u think they might be male and female at this size i thought they would hurt each other by now if both male / what about if female would they co exist or are they not that agressive as a fish???
 
In your first picture I'm guessing, and I stress guessing, that the one on the left is a female and the one on the right is male. Even if they're the same sex, snooks aren't very agressive and couldn't do much damage even if they were. They seem to like to hang out in shoals though.

Are you sure those aren't red bay snook? The wild morph/green bays should have some body blotching and an ocellus near the tail...along with spotting in their dorsal and body.

I have a group about the same size as yours, I'm pretty sure this one is a male...

08-02-2011 Snook Tank A1.JPG
 
i can just see red in the tail fin and in the dorsel fin have seen a pair on u tube with lots of yellow in i think its yellow coming thro .they came from fish direct to your door from london it said from a local breeding pair! it did say silver/green .the rings around the eyes are also very blue .how big is yours?
 
i have a feelling you may be right about them being reds they show more colour ever day but more all over hmm not sure give it a few more weeks and i put another picture of them.
 
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