Male or female jack dempsey?

[Gaddisautoglass]

I know the pictures aren't that great but it's difficult to get good pictures of him/her due to being camera shy, it hides every time I pull it out, he's just over 8" and pretty stout. Ive been trying to tell from google searches but I can't really tell. Any help would be great. I'll post better pictures of I can.

 

[ehh]

Looks male to me. Females typically have green blotches on their cheeks.

 

[vinod_uthaiah]

Female .... Lack of blue beardings / spanglings is a pointer

 

[Gaddisautoglass]

That's what I was thinking as well the cheeks and bottom of the gill plate looked more on the male side. Just wanted some knowledgeable opinions to confirm.

 

[ehh]

Female .... Lack of blue beardings / spanglings is a pointer

Females have the blue beard. Not males.

 

[Gaddisautoglass]

Picked him up a couple months ago for 10 bucks from my small town little petstore. My wife named him monster

 

[ehh]

Jack demspeys are pretty cool fish. They can be a little shy ime. I've seen a couple mega monster jack Dempseys too. I'm sure they were a billion years old though.

 

[Gaddisautoglass]

The lady said she got him in a batch about a year ago at 2" he's about 8" now and still growing I'm just glad I was setting up my 125 when I ran across him. Here's his tank, his mates are another 3" Dempsey( let's hope female) hasn't got it's color, 2 5" Oscar's and a 6" common pleco.

 

[vinod_uthaiah]

Females have the blue beard. Not males.

Oops sorry.... Got confused!!!

 

[Covetous]

Definitely a chunky male