my orange pike (xingu I)

[bigspizz]

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...

OK...Will do..Thanks bro

 

[kido]

wow sexy looking fish, very nice

thanks..

 

[kido]

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!!

thanks man.. i'll keep posting pics as he/she grows

 

[kido]

OK...Will do..Thanks bro

hey spizz, let's post pics of ours every so often for an account of their change in coloration as they grow.. hopefully we would both get females

 

[Kevaldo]

great pike's full of character