Male or Female Mota?

[suPaduPA]

I'm planning on purchasing this Gold Mota...is it a male or female?

http://www.aquabid.com/cgi-bin/auction/auction.cgi?fwcichlidc&1204938001

 

[MDH]

male

 

[suPaduPA]

how do you tell?..is it similar like jags?

 

[Duckman77]

It is a little male. The spotting on the gill plate, anal fin, and caudal fin are the way to tell a male. I wish it were female. I need a girl for my big male.