my orange pike (xingu I)

[bigspizz]

I think you have a boy. Sorry about the angles. I just turned on the lights and they are both hiding. Pic one is male, pic 2 is the face of my female.

 

[kido]

cant tell ya the sex dude!! but it's 1 sexy pike!!!

nice pike kido...

cute i love the spot on the tail

thanks

 

[kido]

Very nice

Very nice pike kido! Sorry, can't help with the sex on that one.

thanks guys

very nice fish Kido, nice photo also, looks like you've been practicing.

thanks pare, my photo taking skills still need a lot of work

 

[kido]

Think it's a female, but not 100 % sure I know you can sex pikes by the lines that run vertical in the body or belly area. Straight = male think someone will know for sure on this site. Mike

thanks, hopefully it would turn out female but only time would tell i guess

had one before something ate it... very nice looking pike

thanks man..

 

[kido]

I think you have a boy. Sorry about the angles. I just turned on the lights and they are both hiding. Pic one is male, pic 2 is the face of my female.

thanks, hope you can post some whole body pics of your female

 

[bigspizz]

thanks, hope you can post some whole body pics of your female

All her...Last shot is him....

 

[Peanut_Power]

Spiz...lol...as of right now both of your pikes are looking male...sorry bro...lol.

Kido, yours is looking male as well. Really you can't tell accurately until they reach around 8 to 10" when they start getting the adult coloration. If there is white stripe in the dorsal, its almost 100% accurately sure its a female.

There is some debate about the vertical muscle striations. It appears that males have it more often than females, but its still possible for females to have them and then they disappear as they age.

Its kinda fun not knowing, makes it that much more of a surprise when they reach maturity!!

 

[USMCtanker]

wow sexy looking fish, very nice

 

[bigspizz]

Spiz...lol...as of right now both of your pikes are looking male...sorry bro...lol.

Kido, yours is looking male as well. Really you can't tell accurately until they reach around 8 to 10" when they start getting the adult coloration. If there is white stripe in the dorsal, its almost 100% accurately sure its a female.

There is some debate about the vertical muscle striations. It appears that males have it more often than females, but its still possible for females to have them and then they disappear as they age.

Its kinda fun not knowing, makes it that much more of a surprise when they reach maturity!!

Look at the last two pics again. The colors are totally different. The male has a ton of black on the edges, the female* looks completely different? Maybe I am wrong though..You are the pro, not me...

 

[Peanut_Power]

They look pretty much the same to me.... Its all about size though, the larger fish is going to be further along on the color changes than the smaller fish.... Give them a couple more inches, then it will be easier to determine the sex more accurately...