See the male in that pic and the ones that I have seen dont have that dark blue or black color on the dorsal.
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This is from Rapps
Sexing Cichlasoma festae
Ok this is just a short little article to help anybody out that's having trouble sexing there Festaes, and also because i love writing articles about this awesome fish. Firstly i wanted to add that this particular species of Cichlid isn't like most other cichlids in the way that the Female is normally a lot more colourfull than the male. But the main differences between male and female Festae is the black/blue markings on there dorsal and pelvic fins, there is also the matter of the blue spangling dots on the males fins and tail end of his body. Though there is some confusion in using this particular trait in sexing males as in some festae populations females may also obtain the blue spangling though it is normally to a much lesser degree. Anyway here are some pictures, unfortunately there aren't to many photos of male Festaes on the net as like i mentioned before the females are much more colourfull and hence create much nicer pictures. This isn't however to say male Festaes are ugly or dull, it's just the Red colour isn't as intense as in the Female.
Sexing Cichlasoma festae
Ok this is just a short little article to help anybody out that's having trouble sexing there Festaes, and also because i love writing articles about this awesome fish. Firstly i wanted to add that this particular species of Cichlid isn't like most other cichlids in the way that the Female is normally a lot more colourfull than the male. But the main differences between male and female Festae is the black/blue markings on there dorsal and pelvic fins, there is also the matter of the blue spangling dots on the males fins and tail end of his body. Though there is some confusion in using this particular trait in sexing males as in some festae populations females may also obtain the blue spangling though it is normally to a much lesser degree. Anyway here are some pictures, unfortunately there aren't to many photos of male Festaes on the net as like i mentioned before the females are much more colourfull and hence create much nicer pictures. This isn't however to say male Festaes are ugly or dull, it's just the Red colour isn't as intense as in the Female.
This photo originally confused me greatly, as up until the other day i would have said it was a male, because of the blue spots, but then it also had the black dorsal. So i asked a very knowledgeable Jeff Rapps about it, and he told me some in populations of festae, the female can also obtain the blue spangling, but never will a male get a Black dorsal. therefore this has to be a female, this is also enforced by the bright orange colour which would be unusual for a male Festae
I fail to see anything in your posts that describe a male Festae's breeding coloration. They get a dark dorsal and breeding stripes.
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Sorry if this is a derail.
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Sorry if this is a derail.
Help me out guys. MAle or female?
Just got it yesterday so still a lil stressed out. When at the LFS it was completely dark.
Just got it yesterday so still a lil stressed out. When at the LFS it was completely dark.
