MALE UMBIE
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Males have an olive/brown base color under a spectacular blue/green scale patterning. A series of vivid blue/green spots are typically scattered throughout the lower face and gill area, lending this fish its nickname “blue-speckled monster.”
Females are shorter and stockier than males, and lack much of the blue coloring found on males. Female Umbies in breeding/brood-raising colors exhibit a startlingly bright whitish-yellow body color.
Females are shorter and stockier than males, and lack much of the blue coloring found on males. Female Umbies in breeding/brood-raising colors exhibit a startlingly bright whitish-yellow body color.
Thanks mate. I think i have a male umbie but i don't want to be too sure unless i am wrong and have to deal with dissapointment. My umbie's top dorsal fin extends a touch past its caudal fin, is it a trait of a male?
