Buccochromis rhoadesii M/F ???

[chefrific]

Here are a few pics of my recently purchased Buccochromis rhoadesii. Just want to know if it is a male or female? It is around 7 to 8 inches. Any thoughts would be appreciated! Thx.

 

[Pharaoh]

Male. Looks good.

 

[Mokujin22]

Yeah, definitely a male. Love those fish.

 

[Allan01230]

Definately a male with all that color.

 

[Dieselfool]

Very cool fish. Here's mine that I picked up last week. Hoping it'll be a male as nice as yours. Any ideas guys?

 

[Pharaoh]

Looks a bit young to say for sure.

 

[GVerde]

Dieselfool, I lean towards female but it is still young and could be male. If it doesn't start to color up by 6-7" then it is probably female. Males at that size will start to have a yellow overall cast to them before they start getting the blue tones.

chefrific, nice looking male. Did you get him from Butch at AMS?