Festae sex?

[Carter020108]

Hi this is my first time keeping festae and do not know the sex it is around 4.5” anyone have an idea?

sorry for the blurry pictures I put in a new piece of drift wood and it stained the water brown

 

[Deadeye]

Kinda hard to make out - there isn’t a black blotch on the dorsal, though I’m not seeing any spangling either.
Clearer pics would help a lot.

 

[Carter020108]

Kinda hard to make out - there isn’t a black blotch on the dorsal, though I’m not seeing any spangling either.
Clearer pics would help a lot.

I can’t get a picture but it has no black blotch on dorsal fin and spangling on fins

 

[newworld]

From the pic I wld say female..

 

[Crazylegs78]

From your description and the images, I would say male. For sure by 4.5" a female would have solid, dark colored pelvic fins. If you don't see that, it's a male.

 

[Rocksor]

I can faintly see the area in the first half of the dorsal where it will either be dark coloration or blue coloration, and I do not see a lot of blue spotting in the unpaired fins.

I say female.

 

[Carter020108]

I got a pic 2 months later and think it’s male any thoughts

 

[Crazylegs78]

What, 5-6" now? Male

 

[Carter020108]

Yes around that

 

[Crazylegs78]

This female is around 3.5" and you can see how the front dorsal is darkening, spangled are disappearing from the tail, and pelvic find are going dark.


Your fish would already show these traits if it was female at 5.5" in my experience. Males don't really color up much different than juvenile unless they are dominant or spawning. Is this fish dominant?