female or male jack dempsey need help to find out

[hothew84]

well i have to JD and im trying to figure out if one is a male or female i know that the 3.5" JD is a male because of the long back fins and that they have a very sharp point at the end but the 2.5" JD is confusing me i cant tell if its a male or female, I need to know what to look for to tell the defference and plz put in good detail and if you have pics of a young female and young male plz share them.

thx

 

[haynchinook334]

can you post a picture? a female has more blue on the gill plate then the male.

this is my male.

 

[hothew84]

i can try she/he is very shh give me a sec ill see what i can do

 

[hothew84]

 

[hothew84]

male is on the right

 

[hothew84]

i dont have a good camera but ill put a few more pics up

 

[hothew84]

 

[hothew84]

ok its not letting me put up any more pics for some reason but as you can see she/he has less spots on the gills than the male on the right

 

[Markm0723]

The pics really need to be better, but my gut says both are males. A female should have more blue coloring around the lower gill plate. Also, it may just be the angle of the pics, but the fish on the right, seems to have a deformed nose. If you're planning on breeding JDs, I'd suggest finding another fish. The JD on the left appears to have good form.

Mark

 

[Markm0723]

Here's a pic of one of my pairs. The female is on the left.

Mark