Dimidiochromis Strigatus?? Female with blue face?

Adam GR

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Hi
Here is my fish, its about a 5in long and my guess is - Dimid Strigatus. This fish is in my 5ft 125g “All male” peacock/hap tank with fully grown other males.
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It looks like Female to me and few days ago I saw something what internet describes as “elongated egg tube” (part of genitals was not normally large??‍♂)
But surprisingly at some angles I can see a little blue on the face and there are some red scales behind the gills which could indicate a male. Here is a nicely timed shot.
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Is there any chance this fish could be a male? Or maybe strigatus females could have a little blue colour on face?
 
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Although it seems to have both female and male characteristics, since the tank is all male, this could be a male in submissive coloration, because its at, or near the bottom of the male hierarchy.
Often submissive males show less blue, and no egg spots on the anal fin.
I have never seen blue on females, that said, never say never.
 

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Looks like a subdominant male. Females will have no blue in the face or body at all. You will know for sure once it grows a inch or two more.
 
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Although it seems to have both female and male characteristics, since the tank is all male, this could be a male in submissive coloration, because its at, or near the bottom of the male hierarchy.
Often submissive males show less blue, and no egg spots on the anal fin.
I have never seen blue on females, that said, never say never.
Well lets have hopes then.
Just this enlarged genitals for few hours are suspicious for me. Are there any instances when males genitals could get bigger then usually?
 
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