Festae- male or female ?

[trainman76]

I am hoping this is a female. Please let me know

 

[levush]

Im no expert by any means.. But looks male to me..i three festea right and my male is about that size...sorry...

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[justarn]

no black in the dorsal equals female jeff rapps said, sorry.

 

[justarn]

* equals male!

 

[trainman76]

Well guess I'll be calling Jeff and getting some more lol. Thanks. I really want a female.


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[the animal guy]

no black in the dorsal equals female jeff rapps said, sorry.

black dorsals dont come out at this stage. So you're applying the method at the wrong time.

Way too small but I see it looks like a male just by my expertise

 

[trainman76]

Well the festae is 4 inches in the pic. How big do they have to be before you can tell?


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[FlatFishLeo]

Male!


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[freebyrd]

Yall must be just guessing in the dark because I don't see anything in that fish that points one way or the other. I have juvies up to 5" fish and the only confirmed female I have is 4.5" and I just can barley tell.

The visual way to sex them is black in the dorsal closest to the head, and usually noticeably less spangles in the body. Males will have a spangle in the middle of each scale on the back half of the body

Male

Female

These is are 5" M and 4-4.5" F

 

[justarn]

well here are my two rio tumbes f0 cichlid of america's at 3 inch, female clearly has black in the dorsal... just my opinion of whats male and female in my two...