Help sexing Juvenile Jack Dempseys

[Eltev]

Hi!
Can anyone help me sex my two juvenile JDs? The lower gillplate markings and body shape/fins might be indicating two females? I was hoping someone could prove me wrong here, as I am hoping for atleast one of them to be male.. The first 3 photos are of the smaller one, the last two is the bigger. Sorry for bad photo quality. Tell me if you need more/better photos and I will try.
Thanks in advance.

 

[Rocksor]

What's their total length? They look a wee bit too small to determine their sex.

 

[Eltev]

What's their total length? They look a wee bit too small to determine their sex.

The small guy is approximately 1,5 inches, and the "big" guy is around 2". I have been able to successfully sex JDs at the 2" range before, but maybe these ones need to grow some more. I think I read somewhere that they have become harder to sex in the last years, due do the massive inbreeding. Wether or not thats true I dont know.

 

[~T~]

The small guy is approximately 1,5 inches, and the "big" guy is around 2". I have been able to successfully sex JDs at the 2" range before, but maybe these ones need to grow some more. I think I read somewhere that they have become harder to sex in the last years, due do the massive inbreeding. Wether or not thats true I dont know.

Yeah a bit small to tell with these particular ones. I would hazard a guess for the first 2 pics and say female but the other could go either way. I think you might be right about them becoming harder to sex. I've seen some adults on various forums and FB groups that look like a mix of both male and female features.

 

[Eltev]

Yeah a bit small to tell with these particular ones. I would hazard a guess for the first 2 pics and say female but the other could go either way. I think you might be right about them becoming harder to sex. I've seen some adults on various forums and FB groups that look like a mix of both male and female features.

Thanks for the input. I guess I'll just have to wait and see, and hopefully they'll eventually show some gender specific characteristics as they grow, and not the undefinable male/female "hybrid" type.

 

[Steven Williams]

Hi!
Can anyone help me sex my two juvenile JDs? The lower gillplate markings and body shape/fins might be indicating two females? I was hoping someone could prove me wrong here, as I am hoping for atleast one of them to be male.. The first 3 photos are of the smaller one, the last two is the bigger. Sorry for bad photo quality. Tell me if you need more/better photos and I will try.
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Can anyone sex this one

 

[~T~]

Can anyone sex this one

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Female.

 

[rocky2]

yeah its really getting harder as i have also noticed same with few of the specimens available here in LFS

 

[Hussam Gouda]

how can you tell if it is a male or female

 

[Ihsnshaik]

JDs, Cons, Jewels, and Devils...Looks like my old tank lol