here is my BLACK JD!!!!!

[dominicolas]

that right there is what we call a HOOD JACK DEMPSEY....all black Baby!

Does no one else find that horribly racist?

Also, I agree with those that say it's just stressed.

 

[straitjacketstar]

Does no one else find that horribly racist?

Also, I agree with those that say it's just stressed.

No.

 

[CHRIS79]

Mines looks bout the same eats like a champ healthy in a 220 w/ tankmates but I actually got 2 from the same tank at the lfs cause I couldnt make up my mind the black or the regular heres a pic of the black too lazy to go get one of the reg sorry bout pics noo to pics lol

 

[kendrew]

Mines looks bout the same eats like a champ healthy in a 220 w/ tankmates but I actually got 2 from the same tank at the lfs cause I couldnt make up my mind the black or the regular heres a pic of the black too lazy to go get one of the reg sorry bout pics noo to pics lol

that is the closest i have seen to mine.... it is def cool!!!

 

[ohhsweetness]

yours is femaLe

 

[Magicman]

Looks female to me

 

[nomadofthehills]

Normal.

 

[sharkbait08]

I read somewhere about the red trim on the dorsal fin being on males only... is that true? Or is the spangles on the gill plate the best way to sex them?

 

[nomadofthehills]

Go with the lower jaw spangling.

 

[straitjacketstar]

I read somewhere about the red trim on the dorsal fin being on males only... is that true? Or is the spangles on the gill plate the best way to sex them?

Years ago the red trim denoted a northern race and a southern race. With decades-tank-bred JD's it doesn't mean much.
Summed up, geographical variation in the wild, some nice fin color in the hobby. Nothing to do with gender.