Male or female hmmm?

[justarn]

So I've been taking a real liking to my gold JD lately and at 6" I'm 90% sure he is a he.
I then remembered at a lfs they had a group of 7 or so larger JD, i rushed down to grab him a female today but was a little stumped as none had a majorly blue beard...
This one was the only one that had something of a blue chin, what you think female? around 4.5".

 

[tlindsey]

So I've been taking a real liking to my gold JD lately and at 6" I'm 90% sure he is a he.
I then remembered at a lfs they had a group of 7 or so larger JD, i rushed down to grab him a female today but was a little stumped as none had a majorly blue beard...
This one was the only one that had something of a blue chin, what you think female? around 4.5".

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duanes

 

[justarn]

Cheers.
Stanzzzz7

 

[justarn]

Here's the male!-)

 

[duanes]

The normal JD in the first pics looks male to me, but has it acclimated yet? if not, it may be too early to tell.
And to me once you get into line bred color variations, it seems impossible (for me) to tell gender.

 

[justarn]

No, been in about an hour

 

[justarn]

I was going on the blunt almost 90deg dorsal too, most males I've seen on Google seem to have zero spangles in the bottom half of the cheek?
It is a "hmmm" one lol.

 

[Stanzzzz7]

I'm leaning towards female.
I agree with Duanes though,until settled it's hard to tell.
I would expect more colour on the flanks of a male.I can also see some faint blues to the gill plate.
It could go either way but if I had to guess I would say female.

 

[justarn]

Do we agree the gold is male?
Going mainly on fin shape and fast growth rate?
Well and lack of cheek pattern but that's debatable on a gold I guess.

 

[Stanzzzz7]

Again I'm with Duanes in that I'm not confident with colour morphs.
It does have a very masculine outline though.