Help sexing Cuban cichlid
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Too young.
This 1st one below is a female
The females have a more torpedo shaped head, and body, a solid dark area in the dorsal fin, more solid dark markings on the body, and generally stay smaller than males.
Now below a male in the shots below, he is about 10".
You will notice the forehead, is more steep, the general, overall markings are more mottled as opposed to solid dark, and males get much larger .
When they are together the differences are more dramatic,
This 1st one below is a female
The females have a more torpedo shaped head, and body, a solid dark area in the dorsal fin, more solid dark markings on the body, and generally stay smaller than males.
Now below a male in the shots below, he is about 10".
You will notice the forehead, is more steep, the general, overall markings are more mottled as opposed to solid dark, and males get much larger .
When they are together the differences are more dramatic,
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Very tricky with this one I find, my last male Cuban by this size had already gotten pretty chunky and the body much taller so I’m leaning more towards female
Yeah it’s alone in the tank so it’s tough to tell sometimes has the colouration of a male other times the dark markings of a female, the body shape and size is the only thing making me assume female, my last male almost grew similar to a male Flowerhorn
Does it color up prior to feeding? All of mine color up like crazy right when they about to get fed.
